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INSTRUCTIONS FOR

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INSTALLATION AND OPERATION

MODEL 

 AND 

 SUNSHIELDS FOR 

 AND

 HOUSINGS

1.  INTRODUCTION

The information in this manual covers the installation
and maintenance of the 

 and 

 

shields for the 

 and 

 Environmental

Housings, respectively.

The housings and sunshields are similar, except that the

 and 

 are larger than the 

and 

 Both sunshields are made of ribbed

aluminum in a heat-sink design to protect the housings

from direct solar radiant heat while permitting air-flow
over the housing exterior.

2. INSTALLATION

2.1 General

The sunshield kit contains left and right sunshield

 uses No. 8 size hardware, while the 

halves, two (2) housing cover support brackets, four (4)

uses No. 10 size hardware. The housing cover support

long sheet metal screws, four (4) short self-threading

brackets help support the housing cover when the sunshield

machine screws, and four (4) lockwashers. Additionally,

is in place. Refer to Figure 1 when performing the 

the 

 kit includes four (4) nylon spacers. The

lation procedure that follows.

2.2 Attaching the Sunshield

1. Remove the cover of the housing completely by

releasing all four (4) clamps and lifting the cover
off of the housing bottom.

2.

Note the four (4) blind (closed) holes molded into
the top surface of the housing cover. The four (4)
long sheet-metal screws pass down through the two

sunshield halves and thread into these holes.

3.

Place one sunshield half on the housing cover, ori-
enting it 

 front-to-rear. One end of each

sunshield half is tapered to match the angle of the

front of the housing. Attach it to the cover with two

(2) of the long screws and lockwashers. When in-
stalling the 

 the nylon spacer supplied

Product specifications subject to change without notice.
Copyright 

 1998 Vicon Industries Inc. All rights reserved.

must be inserted under the screw head. See Figure

 Repeat for the other sunshield half.

4.

Carefully turn the assembly over. A molded-in square
rib projects out from the lower edge of the cover on
each side. The ribs are hollow and there is a metal
dowel at each end. There are holes that pass through
the hollow ribs near the dowels. The self-threading
machine screws pass up through these holes into the

sunshield. The cover support brackets are positioned

in the underside of the rib. See Figure 

Vicon part number 

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