WARNING – Hazardous voltages can cause severe personal injury or death and/or
property damage. Remove all power before installing or servicing this device.
INTRODUCTION
The PanelTrack PKD Surge Protective Device (SPD) is designed to protect sensitive AC and
DC electrical and electronic equipment against the damaging effects of lightning strikes and
internally or externally-generated over voltage transients. All units come standard with
status indicating lights to verify that the unit is working properly.
INSTALLATION
The SPD can be connected directly to the service bus. Alternately the unit can be connected
to a dedicated branch circuit breaker (15 amp minimum rating). The advantage of using a
dedicated breaker for the SPD is that it allows the suppressor to be de-energized during
service without disturbing the electrical system to the rest of the facility. A careful considera-
tion must be made in selecting the breaker and knockout location, because excess length of
the protector wires and sharp bends in the wire drastically decrease the effectiveness of the
PanelTrack as a surge suppressor. For this reason, choose a location that will minimize both
the wire lengths and sharp bends in the wire.
1. Disconnect input power supply.
2. Mount the SPD through 1/2" knockout or by the device’s L-shaped mounting bracket.
3. Connect the red wire to positive (for DC application) or hot bus (for AC application)
4. Connect the black wire to negative (for DC application) or neutral bus (for AC
application).
5. Connect the green/yellow wire to ground bus.
OPERATION
1. Apply power to the unit. If the electrical and grounding wirings are done properly, the
green function status LED indicators on the SPD will be on. If the lights are not on,
remove the power and review all of the previous installation procedures.
2. If, after a known heavy lightning strike, the breaker is found tripped, reset the breaker.
If the function status lights are lit, then the SPD is fine. If the lights are out or you
cannot reset the breaker, the unit must be replaced.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Our staff is ready to support you and answer any questions.
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST) at 800-647-1911.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
• All work must be performed by qualified electrical personnel.
• The electrical system must be properly grounded in accordance with applicable codes for
this unit to work correctly.
• Confirm that the voltage and service configuration shown on the PanelTrack product label
are consistent with the voltage and service configuration of the electrical system.
See Figure 1 for electrical relationship between PanelTrack and service configuration.
• TK-PK025D-125VDC is not intended for connection to 110-120VAC “household” power
system.
• TK-PK040D-48VDC-LA and TK-PK040D-125VDC-LA are not intended for connection to
AC power system.
• Read complete installation instructions before beginning installation.
FIG. 1: Single Phase, 2-Wire
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INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL
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INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL
SPD
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(-)
REMOTE RELAY CONTACTS (MODELS END WITH “-A” SUFFIX ONLY)
For "Fail-safe" form A monitoring, connect the alarm leads to terminals 2 and 3. Terminals 2 and
3 will be closed during normal (Power ON) operation and the SPD is functioning properly. If the
suppressor should fail contacts 2 and 3 will open and contacts 1 and 2 will close. Relay contacts
are rated at 5A at 250VAC or 30VDC maximum, 50mVA minimum.
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1
2
3
1
2
3
Relay contacts shown in the
relaxed position (suppressor
alarm or loss of power).
Note:
Maximum torque on
terminals is 10 in-lb
