TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

IMPORTANT SAFETY RULES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Hazard Symbols and Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Installation Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

For the Home Owner: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

For the Installing Dealer/Contractor: . . . . . . . . . 5

OWNER ORIENTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Fuel Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Power Decrease at High Altitude or High

Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Home Generator System Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Generator Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

General Location Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

Essential Circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Essential Circuit Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

UNPACKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Delivery Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Shipment Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

KNOW YOUR HOME GENERATOR SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . 9

KNOW YOUR SYSTEM CONTROL PANEL . . . . . . . . . 10

Access Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

To Open an Access Door: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

To Close an Access Door: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

BEFORE INITIAL START-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Oil Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Battery Connection

. . . 12

Gaseous Fuel System

. . . 12

AUTOMATIC OPERATION

. . . 13

Checking Automatic Operation

. . . 13

Servicing the System

. . . 13

Setting Exercise Timer

. . . 13

FAULT DETECTION SYSTEM

. . . 14

Reset Fault Detection System

. . . 14

No LED - Discharged Battery

. . . 14

Low Battery Voltage

. . . 14

Low Oil Pressure

. . . 14

Low Voltage

. . . 15

Engine Fail To Start

. . . 15

Low Frequency

. . . 15

Engine Overspeed

. . . 15

Oil Temperature High

. . . 15

Transfer Switch Fault

. . . 15

GENERATOR MAINTENANCE

. . . 16

Changing Engine Oil

. . . 16

To Clean the Generator

. . . 16

When Calling the Factory

. . . 16

STORAGE

. . . 16

TROUBLESHOOTING

. . . 17

NOTES

. . . 18

WARRANTY

. . . 19

ESPAÑOL

20-37

FRANÇAIS

38-64

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