SPYDER® LON PROGRAMMABLE, VAV/UNITARY CONTROLLERS
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Electrical Shock Hazard.
Can cause severe injury, death or property damage.
Disconnect power supply before beginning wiring or 
making wiring connections, to prevent electrical shock 
or equipment damage.
NOTES:
— For multiple controllers operating from a single 
transformer, the same side of the transformer 
secondary must be connected to the same power 
input terminal in each controller. Controller 
configurations will not necessarily be limited to 
three devices, but the total power draw, including 
accessories, cannot exceed 100 VA when 
powered by the same transformer (U.S. only). For 
power and wiring recommendations, See “Power” 
on page 7. The earth ground terminal (terminal 3) 
must be connected to a verified earth ground for 
each controller in the group (see Fig. 13 on 
page 11).
— All loads on the controller must be powered by the 
same transformer that powers the controller itself. 
A controller can use separate transformers for 
controller power and output power.
— Keep the earth ground connection (terminal 3) wire 
run as short as possible.
— Do not connect the universal input COM terminals, 
analog output COM terminals or the digital input/
output COM terminals to earth ground. Refer to 
Fig. 18–Fig. 23 beginning on page 15 for wiring 
examples.
The 24 Vac power from an energy limited Class II power 
source must be provided to the controller. To conform to Class 
II restrictions (U.S. only), the transformer must not be larger 
than 100 VA. 
Fig. 11 depicts a single controller using one transformer.
IMPORTANT
Power must be off prior to connecting to or removing 
connections from the 24 Vac power (24 Vac/24 Vac 
COM), earth ground (EGND), and 20 Vdc power (20 
Vdc) terminals.
IMPORTANT
Use the heaviest gauge wire available, up to 14 AWG 
(2.0 sq mm), with a minimum of 18 AWG (1.0 sq mm), 
for all power and earth ground wiring.
Screw-type terminal blocks are designed to accept up 
to one 14 AWG (2.0 sq mm) conductor or up to two 18 
AWG (1.0 sq mm) conductors. More than two wires 
that are 18 AWG (2.0 sq mm) can be connected with 
a wire nut. Include a pigtail with this wire group and 
attach the pigtail to the terminal block.
IMPORTANT
If the controller is used on Heating and Cooling 
Equipment (UL 1995, U.S. only) and the transformer 
primary power is more than 150 volts, connect 
terminal 2, (the 24 Vac common [24 VAC COM] 
terminal) to earth ground (see Fig. 12). For these 
applications, only one controller can be powered by 
each transformer.
NOTES:
— Unswitched 24 Vac power wiring can be run in the 
same conduit as the L
ONWORKS® cable.
— Maintain at least a 3 in. (7.6 cm) separation 
between Triac outputs and LONWORKS® wiring 
throughout the installation.
Fig. 11. Power wiring details for one controller 
per transformer.
Fig. 12. Transformer power wiring details for one 
controller used in UL 1995 equipment (U.S. only).
More than one controller can be powered by a single 
transformer. Fig. 13 shows power wiring details for multiple 
controllers.
NOTE: Controller configurations are not necessarily limited to 
three devices, but the total power draw, including 
accessories, cannot exceed 100 VA when powered 
by the same transformer (U.S. only). For power wiring 
recommendations, see “Power” on page 7.
CONNECT POWER TO  
TERMINALS 1 AND 2 
EARTH 
GROUND 
(TERMINAL 3) 
TRANSFORMER 
OUTPUT 
DEVICE 
POWER 
M23557
ΔP 
1 
2 
3 4 5 6 
7 8 
1 0 9  2 3 4 5 6 7 8  0 9 
1 1  1 1 1 1 1 1 1  2 1 
1 
2 
3 4 
5 
6 
7 8 
0 
9 
2 
2 2 
2 2 
2 
2 
2 2 
3 
3 
1 
2 
3 4 
5 
6 
7 8 
0 
9 
3 
3 
3 
3 3 
3 3 
3 4 
 
COM 
24 VAC 
M23558A
EARTH 
GROUND 
(TERMINAL 3) 
TRANSFORMER 
OUTPUT 
DEVICE 
POWER 
ΔP 
1 
2 
3 4 5 6 
7 8 
1 0 9  2 3 4 5 6 7 8  0 9 
1 1  1 1 1 1 1 1 1  2 1 
1 
2 
3 4 
5 
6 
7 8 
0 
9 
2 
2 2 
2 2 
2 
2 
2 2 
3 
3 
1 
2 
3 4 
5 
6 
7 8 
0 
9 
3 
3 
3 
3 3 
3 3 
3 4 
 
EARTH 
GROUND 
1 
LINE VOLTAGE 
GREATER 
THAN 150 VAC 
IF THE CONTROLLER IS USED IN UL 1995 EQUIPMENT AND THE  
PRIMARY POWER IS MORE THAN 150 VOLTS, GROUND 24 VAC COM  
SIDE OF TRANSFORMER SECONDARY. 
1 
COM 
24 VAC 
CONNECT POWER TO  
TERMINALS 1 AND 2