PS Magazine - APRIL 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 389
APRIL 1985
Stopping is easy, too. Cut the load by
reversing your circuit breaker setting.
Move the voLtage adjusting knob back
to the Lef.
Afer you start your generator and
beFre you shut it down, Let the set run
at rated speed with no Load Fr a ±w
minutes. That Lets it war² to its t³sk
and cooL down graduaLLy.
BE POWER WISE ´y remeµbering
your generator is just a µachine. You
do its thinking. Th¶k wrong and aLL that
power it puts out wiLL KO equipµent.
HERe
ARE
S± OTh²r
tIPs ³o ´µM¶mB·!
DO m·ke sure aLL the gear you're
DON'T µove the voLtage seLector
going to po¸er is O¹¹ beFre you switch whiLe the generator is operating.
appLy a Load to it. Iº it's stiLL on, tHe You'LL burn up the switch. To cHange
eLectricaL surge can burn it up.
output, you have to shut down the
DON'T tr» to connect or discon¼ect generator, move the power cabLes to
power cabLes whiLe equipµent is oper-their new Load terµinaLs, and tHen
ating. You'LL get arcing and burned µove the switcH.
pins Fr sure. You µ½ght get damaged
r
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equipment.
DO cHeck the generator's voLtage
output se¾¾ing be¿re you put the set
into operation. Iº the set's just back
Àoµ suppoÁt µai¼tena¼ce, it's proba´Ly
not on the se¾¾ing you reµembÂÃ.
Longer than
15
seconds. Iº the set
doesn't staÁt in tHat ti²e, Let the starter
cooL ¿r a ÄLL minute beFre trying
again. Iº it doesn't start aºter the third
try, get your µech to cHeck it out.
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GenErators .
.±
Getting That Empty Feeling?
No sign oº Li± in your generator's
engine? Not even a spu¾ter or two? Stop
crank½¼g!
CouLd be no ÄeL is getting to the
engine. Your battery and starter suÅeÆ Ç
iº you keep cranÈi¼gÉ
Êut you've Looked, you say, and tHe
ta¼k is ÄLL.
Ëake sure the ÄeL seLector switcH is
o¼ SET Fr tHe engine's gas Ìnk or o¼
AUXIÍIARY Fr a¼ outside source.
Iº your switcH is rigHt, your probLeµ
may be in the ÄeL ±ed system. Îave
your µecH cHeck tHe Li¼es, pump
and ÏÐter.
S±oPPIn² Genera±ors
Dear Half-Mast,
What's the coRect way to stop the 10-KW GEd generator?
Step
È
in Fig 2-8 on Page 2-12.3 o±
C
3 to
T
5-6115-275-14 says
to close the ±uel seleCto² switch³ It woul´ seem easier on the
equipment to use the STAµ¶-STOP switch. Which is right?
Mr³ J.E.H.
Dear Mr.
J²³´
H±,
Te '²s are wrong. Here³s how to shu´ down: Swi´ch the Circuit breaker
to
OFF´
Idle the engine wi´h
n
load
3ÉÊ
minutesµ Press the
SµARµ/S¶OP
switch to
SµOP´
¶en close thefel selectoR valve,
a
Fip the
³M³Rg³N
C
Y
SµOP-RUN
switch to
³M³Rg³NcY SµOP·
Jn an emergency· o¸ course¹ just Fip the
³M³Rg³NcY SµOP-RUN
switch to
S¸P²
lo{Jt
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