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    APS Power Supply 15, 30, 45, 55, 75, 90 and 100 Amp Installation Guide Congratulations and thank you for purchasing a Cascade Audio Engineer- ing APS Power Supply . It is designed to provide years of ef ficient, trouble free service. All Cascade Audio Engineering APS power supplies feature regulated and filtered outputs that provide clean power wit[...]

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    Protection All Cascade Audio Engineering APS Power Supplies feature temperature, overcurrent and reverse-polarity protection circuitry . They will provide st able regulated DC output voltage (13.6V or 14.2V , relative to jumper connection - The APS-100 is 13.4V only) regardless of the load by varying output current to compensate. AC input protectio[...]

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    Y our new APS Power Supply can be used with or without an additional bat- tery . Use of a battery connected in parallel with your APS power supply will greatly increase the current available for transients. For installations where use of a battery is not possible, capacitors may be used. V ehicle Inst allation T wo methods of vehicle inst allation [...]

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    Cut the positive and negative cables that will go from the power supply to the load (battery , display board, distribution blocks, etc.) to the desired length. Always use the proper sized cable based on the amperage of the power supply and the distance between the power supply and the load (Please refer to the chart at the end of this manual). Allo[...]

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    Connecting Multiple APS Power Supplies APS power supplies may be connected in parallel to increase their current capability . There are a few import ant step s to follow: 1. APS power supplies must only be connected to other APS units of the same model. Example: An APS-55 can ONL Y be connected to other APS-55 power sup- plies. Failure to comply wi[...]

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    Fuses Y our APS Power Supply is protected against reverse polarity . If the battery or the APS unit is hooked up incorrectly , the fuse on the end p anel will blow and can easily be replaced. When replacing fuses, always use the same size AGC style fuses that came with your power supply . The fuses are located next to the DC output terminals (Refer[...]

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    12VDC Cable Calculator MI NI MUM w i r e gauge shown. For M AXI MUM PERFORMA N C E, use LA R G E R w i r e gauge. 3600 225 - 300 2700 150 - 225 1/ 0 GA 1800 125 - 150 1500 105 - 125 1260 85 - 10 5 1020 65 - 85 4 G A 780 50 - 65 600 35 - 50 420 20 - 35 240 0 - 20 8 G A W A T T S A MP S 4 F T 4 - 7 F T 7 - 10' 10 - 13' 13 - 16' 16 - 19[...]

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    T wo Y ear W arranty Cascade Audio Engineering warrants its APS Power Supplies against any elec- tronic or mechanical defects under normal use for a period of two (2) years from the date of original purchase. If, during the first year , it is determined by Cascade Audio Engineering that the unit is defective, it will be directly exchanged for a new[...]