Raymarine CYCLONE - VCM100 Power and Grounding Requirements

Note:Themaximumlengthfortheradarpowercable(includingallextensions)is25m(82ft).
•TheradarscannermustbeconnectedtothePOWEROUTterminalsoftheVCM100.
•Thescreen(drain)strandsoftheradarscanner'spowercablemustbeconnectedtooneofthe
VCM100SCREENterminals.
Thefollowingdiagramillustratesthepowerconnectionsofthesuppliedpowercable.
1.Powerconnector
2.Redwire—connecttothepositivePOWEROUTterminaloftheVCM100.
3.Blackwire—connecttothenegativePOWEROUTterminaloftheVCM100.
4.Screen(drain)strands—connecttooneoftheSCREENterminalsoftheVCM100.
Warning:Positivegroundsystems
Donotconnectthisunittoasystemwhichhaspositivegrounding.
VCM100powerconnections
VCM100powerandgroundingrequirements.
TheVCM100isintendedforuseonships’DCpowersystemsoperatingfrom12to24VoltsDC.
•TheVCM100mustbeconnectedtoabatteryisolatorswitch,oraDCdistributionpanel.
•ThebatteryisolatorswitchorDCdistributionpanelmustbeconnectedtothePOWERINterminals
oftheVCM100.
•DoNOTconnectadditionalpowerswitchestothecableprovidingthepowerfeedtotheVCM100.
•AllpowerconnectionsbetweentheVCM100andthepowersourcemusthaveappropriatefuse
protection.
•Allpowerconnectionsmustbeofhighqualitytominimizeresistanceandtoremovetherisk
ofaccidentalshorts.
•TheVCM100SCREENterminalsmustbeconnectedtoyourvessel'sRFgroundsystem.
•DoNOTconnecttheradarscannerortheVCM100toapositively-groundedpowersystem.
ThefollowingdiagramillustratesthepowerconnectionsoftheVCM100.
Powerconnections
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