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  INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 

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        115VAC 

MULTITONE 

APPLIANCES 

MT4-115 

Use this product according to this instruction manual.  Please keep this instruction manual for future reference. 

 

GENERAL: 

115VAC Multitone Appliances are UL Listed for Fire Protective Service and for General Signaling Service.  They are listed for both 
indoor and outdoor use with the backboxes specified in these instructions (see Mounting Options).  115VAC Multitone Appliances 
can be field set to produce any one of eight commonly used alarm tones.  Sound output can be field set to provide either HIGH (HI) 
dBA or STANDARD (STD) dBA sound output level.  All inputs have DC blocking capacitor for compatibility with supervision when 
used with a Fire Alarm Control Panel (FACP). 
 

NOTE:

  All 

CAUTIONS

 and 

WARNINGS

 are identified by the symbol

  

.  All warnings are printed in bold capital letters. 

 

WARNING:  PLEASE READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS PRODUCT.  THE 115VAC 

MULTITONE APPLIANCE MUST BE FIELD SET TO THE DESIRED dBA SOUND OUTPUT LEVEL AND ALARM TONE 
BEFORE THEY ARE INSTALLED.  THIS IS DONE BY PROPERLY ADJUSTING A FOUR POSITION SWITCH IN 
ACCORDANCE WITH THESE INSTRUCTIONS.  INCORRECT SETTINGS WILL RESULT IN IMPROPER PERFORMANCE 
AND COULD RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE AND SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO YOU AND/OR OTHERS. 

 

SPECIFICATIONS: 

 

 

Table 1:  UL Listed Models and Ratings 

Model Regulated 

Voltage 

(VRMS) 

Voltage 

Range 

(VRMS) 

Mounting 

Options 

MT4-115 120 96-132 

A, 

 

Table 1A:  dBA and Current Ratings for Multitone Appliances 

 dBA 

Reverberant 

Tone 

at 10 Feet 

 

Maximum RMS Current 

(AMPS) 

Per UL 464 

 HI 

STD 

HI 

STD 

Horn 0.050 

0.042 

88 

82 

Bell 0.041 

0.039 

82 

75 

March Time Horn 

0.050 

0.040 

85 

79 

Code-3 Horn 

0.050 

0.042 

85 

75 

Code-3 Tone 

0.042 

0.040 

79 

75 

Slow Whoop 

0.050 

0.042 

88 

82 

Siren 0.045 

0.041 

85 

82 

HI/LO 0.042 

0.039 

82 

79 

 

WARNING:  FOR UL APPLICATIONS THESE APPLIANCES WERE TESTED TO THE OPERATING VOLTAGE LIMITS 

OF 96-132 VOLTS.  DO NOT APPLY 80% AND 110% OF THESE VOLTAGE VALUES FOR SYSTEM OPERATION.

 

 
All models are UL Listed for indoor/outdoor use with a temperature range of -31

o

F to +150

o

F (-35

o

C to +66

o

C) and maximum 

humidity of 95% RH. 
 
Copyright 2004 Wheelock, Inc.  All rights reserved. 

Summary of Contents for MT4-115

Page 1: ...ORE USING THIS PRODUCT THE 115VAC MULTITONE APPLIANCE MUST BE FIELD SET TO THE DESIRED dBA SOUND OUTPUT LEVEL AND ALARM TONE BEFORE THEY ARE INSTALLED THIS IS DONE BY PROPERLY ADJUSTING A FOUR POSITION SWITCH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE INSTRUCTIONS INCORRECT SETTINGS WILL RESULT IN IMPROPER PERFORMANCE AND COULD RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE AND SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO YOU AND OR OTHERS SPECIFICATION...

Page 2: ...E RATED TO HANDLE THE MAXIMUM INRUSH OR PEAK CURRENT FROM ALL APPLIANCES ON THOSE CIRCUITS FAILURE TO DO THIS MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER TO THE SIGNALING CIRCUIT AND THE FAILURE OF ALL APPLIANCES ON THAT CIRCUIT TO OPERATE WHICH COULD RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE AND SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO YOU AND OR OTHERS The Multitone audible appliances produce a brief inrush current that lasts for just 50 mi...

Page 3: ...t for any one of eight alarm tones by setting a four position switch SW1 as shown in Figure 2 and Table 3 Use SW1 POS 2 3 4 to select the desired alarm tone refer to Table 3 below Table 3 Alarm Tones Tone Pattern Description SWI Switch Settings POS POS POS 2 3 4 Horn Broadband Horn Continuous Factory Setting 1 1 1 Bell 1560 Hz Modulated 0 07 Sec ON Repeat 1 0 1 March Time Horn Horn 0 25 Sec ON 0 2...

Page 4: ... integrity of circuit supervision The polarity shown in the wiring diagram is for operation of the appliances The polarity is reversed by the FACP during supervision MOUNTING OPTIONS CAUTION The following figures show the maximum number of field wires conductors that can enter the backbox used with each mounting option If these limits are exceeded there may be insufficient space in the backbox to ...

Page 5: ...ucts and these instructions are copyrighted by Wheelock and contain proprietary confidential and trade secrets of Wheelock No part of the Multitone products and these instructions may be photocopied printed or reproduced in any form or modified adapted changed or enhanced or converted to another programming language or used to create updated related or derivative works without the prior written co...

Page 6: ... SPECIFICATION ABUSE ACCIDENT OR OTHER OPERATING CONDITIONS BEYOND WHEELOCK S CONTROL SOME WHEELOCK PRODUCTS CONTAIN SOFTWARE WITH RESPECT TO THOSE PRODUCTS WHEELOCK DOES NOT WARRANTY THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL MEET ANY OTHER STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE OR THAT THE FUNCTIONS OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE WILL MEET THE USER S REQUIR...

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