Section 3 - Operation
3.1CONTROL CONSOLE
COMPONENTS
The components of a home standby generator control console (Figure 3.1) are as follows:
Figure 3.1 - Generator Control Console
See Section 1.7 for further explanation of engine pro- tection functions.
3.1.3 15 AMP FUSE
This fuse protects the control console’s DC control circuit against electrical overload and is located inside the control panel. If the fuse has melted open because of an overload, engine cranking and startup
OVER CRANK 
OVER SPEED 
LOW COOL. LEVEL 
HI COOL. TEMP. 
LOW OIL PRESS. 
LOW BATTERY 
LED INDICATORS: | SYSTEM READY | |
FLASHING GREEN LED = NO UTILITY SENSE | ||
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5 FLASHING RED LED'S = EXERCISER NOT SET |
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(IN AUTO MODE ONLY) |
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SOLID GREEN LED = SYSTEM READY, UTILITY POWER ON |
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RED LED'S = INDIVIDUAL FAULT |
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(SEE OWNER'S MANUAL FOR COMPLETE LED DETAILS) |
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| AUTO | |
OFF |
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| OFF | |
ON |
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SET | MANUAL | |
EXERCISE |
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TIME |
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TO SET EXERCISER TIME
1)PLACE AUTO/OFF/MANUAL SWITCH TO AUTO POSITION.
2)HOLD "SET EXERCISE TIME" SWITCH IN "ON" POSITION FOR THREE SECONDS AND RELEASE. (SEE OWNER'S MANUAL FOR COMPLETE DETAILS)
THE EXERCISER IS NOW SET. ALL FIVE RED LED'S WILL FLASH FOR 10 SECONDS THEN THE UNIT WILL START, RUN THROUGH THE EXERCISE CYCLE AND SHUTDOWN.
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CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK. DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE
PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.
CAUTION
FOR
TENTION: POUR L'ALIMENTATION DE RESERVE, CONNECTER LA SORTIE DE ATRICE A UN COMMUTATEUR DE CALIBRE APPROPRIE, CONFORMENENT AU CANADIEN DE L'ECTRICITE, PREMIERE PARTIE.
WARNING
CAN AUTOMATICALLY START AT ANYTIME WITHOUT NOTICE.
Y REMOVE FUSE ON CONTROL PANEL AND NEGATIVE BATTE
SERVICING.
WARNING
THIS EMERGENCY POWER SYSTEM IS DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR
OUTDOOR INSTALLATION ONLY!
USE OF SYNTHETIC OIL IS RECOMMENDED
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cannot occur. If the fuse needs to be replaced, use only an identical
3.1.4 5 AMP FUSE
This fuse protects the battery charger against electri- cal overload and is located inside the control panel. If the fuse needs to be replaced, use only an identical 5- amp replacement fuse (type ATO).
NOTE:
This fuse will not remove the + battery input power from the PCB when it opens. This means the exercise timer will not be reset.
3.1.1 AUTO/OFF/MANUAL SWITCH
Use this
•Set the switch to AUTO for fully automatic opera- tion. See “Automatic Operation” (Section 3.6).
•Set switch to MANUAL position to crank and start the generator engine.
•Set switch to OFF position to shut down an oper- ating engine. With OFF selected, operation will not be possible.
DANGER
With switch set to AUTO, engine can crank and
!start suddenly without warning. Such automat- ic start up normally occurs when utility source voltage drops below a
3.1.2 FAULT INDICATOR LEDS
(SEE CHART ON PAGE 16)
These red LEDs turn ON when one or more of the fol- lowing engine faults occurs and the engine shuts down.
•Low Oil Pressure
•Overcrank
•Low Battery
•Overspeed/Engine Speed Signal Fault
•High Coolant Temperature/Low Coolant Level
3.1.5 SET EXERCISE TIME SWITCH
This switch allows programming the generator to start and exercise automatically. “See Weekly Exercise Cycle” (see Figure 3.3 and Section 3.6).
3.1.6 SYSTEM READY LED
The System Ready LED (green) has two main pur- poses. First, the LED will be ON when the AUTO/OFF/MANUAL switch is in the AUTO position, utility is present, and there are no system alarms. This ON state indicates the system is fully ready for automatic operation.
The system ready LED will be OFF when the switch is in the MANUAL or OFF positions.
The system ready LED is also used to indicate the presence of utility sensing at the PCB when the switch is either in the AUTO or MANUAL modes. The LED will flash at the rate of 1/2 second on, 1/2 second off if the utility sensing level is below the transfer back threshold.
This secondary function is only available with DIP switch two in the OFF position (ATS - automatic transfer switch application).
3.2MANUAL TRANSFER AND
To transfer electrical loads to the Standby (EMER- GENCY) power source side and start the engine man- ually, refer to the Owner’s Manual of the particular transfer switch.
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