CAPTAIN
CONTROL
PANEL
CAPTAIN
PANEL
This manually-operated control panel is equipped with a
Key
Switch,
an
RPM gauge, PREHEAT and START buttons,
an
INSTRUMENT
TEST
button and three indicator lamps, one
for AL1ERNATOR DISCHARGE, one for low On.. PRES-
SURE,
RPM
GAUGE:
REGISTERS
REVOLUTIONS
PER
MINUTE
OF
THE
ENGINE
AND
CAN
BE
RECALIBRATED
FOR
ACCURACY
FROM
THE
REAR
OF
THE
PANEl.
WATER
TEMPERATURE
ALARM
LIGHT
START
BUTTON:
WHEN
PRESSED,
ENERGIZES
THE
STARTER'S
SOLENOID
WHICH
CRANKS
THE
ENGINE.
THIS
BUTTON
WILL
NOT
OPERATE
ELECTRICALLY
UNLESS
THE
PREHEAT
BUTTON
IS
PRESSED
AND
HELD
AT
THE
SAME
TIME.
6
and one for high ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE.
It
also includes an alarm buzzer for low
on..
PRESSURE or
high WA1ER 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
ENGINE'S
OIL
PRESSURE
FALLS
BELOW
5 -10
PSI.
IN
THIS
EVENT,
THE
ALARM
WILL
EMIT
A
PULSATING
SIGNAl.
THE
ALARM
WILL
ALSO
SOUND
IF
THE
WATER
TEMPERATURE
IN
THE
FRESHWATER
COOLING
CIRCUIT
RISES
TO
210°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
TO
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,
AND
BYPASSES
THE
ENGINE'S
OIL
PRESSURE
ALARM
SWITCH.
IN
ADDITION,
THIS
BUTTON
ENERGIZES
THE
START
BUTTON.
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