CAPTAIN
CONTROL
PANEL
CAPTAIN
PANEL
This
manually~operated
control panel
is
equipped with a
Key
Switch, an RPM gauge, PREHEAT and START buttons,
an
fNSTRUMENT TEST button and three indicator lamps, one
for ALTERNATOR DISCHARGE, one for low
OlL
PRES·
SURE,
RPM
GAUGE:
REGISTERS
REVOLUTIONS
PER
MINUTE
Of
THE
ENGINE
AND
CAN
BE
RECALIBRATED
fOR
ACCURACY
fROM
THE
REAR
Of
THE
PANEl.
Oil
PRESSURE
ALTERNATOR
ALARM
ALARM
LIGHT
LIGHT
WATER
TEMPERATURE
ALARM
LIGHT
START
BUTTON:
WHEN
PRESSED.
ENERGIZES
THE
STARTER'S
SOLENOID
WHICH
CRANKS
THE
ENGINE
THIS
BUTTDN
WILL
NOT
OPERATE
ELECTRICALLY
UNLESS
THE
PREHEAT
BUTTON
IS
PRESSED
AND
HELD
AT
THE
SAME
TIME.
5
and one for high
ENGINE
COOLANT
TEMPERATURE. ft
also includes
an
alarm buzzer for low OfL PRESSURE or
high WATER TEMPERATURE. The RPM gauge
is
illumi·
nated when the Key Switch
is
turned
on
and remains illumi-
nated while the engine
is
in
operation.
ALARM:
THE
ALARM
WILL
SOUND
If
THE
ENGINES
OIL
PRESSURE
fALLS
BELOW
15
PSI.
IN
THIS
EVENT.
THE
ALARM
WILL
EMIT
A
PULSATING
SIG·
NAl.
THE
ALARM
WILL
ALSO
SOUND
If
THE
WATER
TEMPERATURE
IN
THE
fRESHWATER
COOLING
CIRCUIT
RISES
TO
20S'f.
IN
THIS
EVENT.
THE
ALARM
WILL
EMIT
A
SIGNAl.
NOTE:
THE
ALARM
WILL
SOUND
WHEN
THE
KEY
SWITCH
IS
TURNED
ON.
THIS
SOUNDING
IS
NORMAl.
ONCE
THE
ENGINE
STARTS
AND
THE
ENGINE'S
OIL
PRESSURE
REACHES
15
PSI,
THE
ALARM
WILL
SILENCE.
TEST
BUTTON:
WHEN
PRESSED,
TESTS
THE
ALTERNATOR.
THE
OIL
PRESSURE.
AND
THE
WATER
TEMPERATURE
CONTROL
CIRCUITS
WHEN
PRESSED.
THE
ALTERNATOR.
THE
OIL
PRESSURE,
AND
THE
WATER
TEMPERATURE
INDICATOR
LIGHTS
ILLUMINATE
IN
ADDI·
TION
TD
SOUNDING
THE
ALARM
BUZZER
KEY
SWITCH:
PROVIDES
POWER
TO
THE
INSTRUMENT
PANEL
CLUSTER
AND
THE
DC
ALTERNATOR
REGULATOR
TERMINAL.
PREHEAT
BUTTON:
WHEN
PRESSED.
ENERGIZES
THE
fUEL
LIfT
PUMP
AND
THE
ENGINE'S
GLOW
PLUGS.
ANa
BYPASSES
THE
ENGINE'S
OIL
PRESSURE
ALARM
SWITCH.
IN
ADDITION.
THIS
BUTTON
ENERGIZES
THE
START
BUTTON