Curtis Instruments 1236 - High Current Wiring Recommendations; Battery Cables; Motor Wiring

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(IGHCURRENTWIRINGRECOMMENDATIONS ALLMODELS
"ATTERYCABLES""
4HESE TWO CABLES SHOULD BE RUN CLOSE TO EACH OTHER BETWEEN THE CONTROLLER
ANDTHEBATTERY5SEHIGHQUALITYCOPPERLUGSANDOBSERVETHERECOMMENDED
TORQUERATINGS&ORBESTNOISEIMMUNITYTHECABLESSHOULDNOTRUNACROSSTHE
CENTERSECTIONOFTHECONTROLLER7ITHMULTIPLEHIGHCURRENTCONTROLLERSUSEA
STARGROUNDFROMTHEBATTERY
"TERMINAL
-OTORWIRING567
4HETHREEPHASEWIRESSHOULDBECLOSETOTHESAMELENGTHANDBUNDLEDTOGETHER
ASTHEYRUNBETWEENTHECONTROLLERANDTHEMOTOR4HECABLELENGTHSSHOULDBE
KEPTASSHORTASPOSSIBLE5SEHIGHQUALITYCOPPERLUGSANDOBSERVETHERECOM
MENDED
TORQUE
RATINGS&ORBESTNOISEIMMUNITYTHEMOTORCABLESSHOULDNOT
RUNACROSSTHECENTERSECTIONOFTHECONTROLLER)NAPPLICATIONSTHATSEEKTHELOWEST
POSSIBLEEMISSIONSASHIELDCANBEPLACEDAROUNDTHEBUNDLEDMOTORCABLESAND
CONNECTEDTOTHE
"TERMINALATTHECONTROLLER4YPICALINSTALLATIONSWILLREADILY
PASSTHEEMISSIONSSTANDARDSWITHOUTASHIELD,OWCURRENTSIGNALWIRESSHOULD
NOTBERUNPARALLELTOTHEMOTORCABLES7HENNECESSARYTHEYSHOULDCROSSTHE
MOTORCABLESATARIGHTANGLETOMINIMIZENOISECOUPLING
,UGASSEMBLY ANDMODELS
&IVEBRASS-TERMINALSAREPROVIDED,UGSSHOULDBEINSTALLEDASFOLLOWSUSING
-BOLTSSIZEDTOPROVIDEPROPERENGAGEMENTSEEDIAGRAM
s 0LACETHELUGONTOPOFTHETERMINALFOLLOWEDBYASAFETY
WASHERWITHITSCONV
EXSIDEONTOP
4HEWASHERSHOULDBEA
3#(./22OREQUIVALENT
s )FTWOLUGSAREUSEDONTHESAMETERMINALSTACKTHEMSOTHE
LUGCARRYING
THELEASTCURRENTISONTOP
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