CAUTION:
Read and Adhere to all IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS listed elsewhere in this booklet. Read and observe safety,
installation and operating instructions supplied with this unit and with your antenna BEFORE installation or
operation. Retain this booklet and all instructions for your safety and future reference.
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS
Your antenna rotator unit, consisting of a control and a drive, has been
engineered and manufactured to assure your personal safety, but
improper installation or abuse of the unit, or the antenna connected
to it, can result in potential electrical shock or fre hazards. In order
not to defeat the safeguards incorporated in this unit, observe the
following basic rules for its installation, use and servicing.
1. Read Instructions
All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the
product is operated.
2. Retain Instructions
The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future
reference.
3. Heed Warnings
All warnings on the product and in the operating instructions
should be adhered to.
4. Follow Instructions
All operating instructions should be followed.
5. Power Lines
An outside antenna system should not be located in the vicinity of
power lines or other electric light or power circuits, or where it can
fall into such power lines or circuits. When installing an outside
antenna system, extreme care should be taken to keep from
touching such power lines or circuits as contact with them might
be fatal.
6. Outdoor Antenna Grounding
If the drive unit is installed on an outdoor antenna, be sure the
antenna system is grounded so as to provide some protection
against voltage surges and built-up static charges. Section 810
of the National Electrical Code. ANS/NFPA70, or CSA C22.1
Sections 10, 16, and 54, of the Canadian Electrical Code,
provides information with respect to proper grounding of the mast
and supporting structure, grounding of the antenna lead-in wire to
an antenna discharge unit, size of grounding conductors, location
of antenna-discharge unit, connection to grounding electrodes,
and requirements for the grounding electrode. See separate
enclosed grounding code. See
FIg A
.
Fig A
NEC – NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE
Antenna Discharge Unit is not required if lead-in conductors are enclosed in a
continuous metallic shield that is permanently and effectively grounded.
Example of Antenna Grounding
According to the National Electrical Code
AR-500 Instruction Sheet
CONTENTS
Drive and Controller
Handheld Unit
2 AAA Batteries
AC Adapter
Instruction Sheet
Antenna
lead in wire
Antenna
discharge unit
Grounding
Conductors
Grounding
Clamps
Power service
ground
Grounding
Clamps
Electric
Service
Equipment
