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Installation,
Start-Up and
Owner’s Manual
Manual de Instalación,
Arranque y Propietario
Manuel d'Installation,
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Briggs & Stratton Power Products Home Standby Generator Installation, Start-Up and Owner’s Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Grounding the Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 Utility Control Circuit Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Remote LED Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Briggs & Stratton Power Products Home Standby Generator Installation, Start-Up and Owner’s Manual SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS IMPORTANT SAFETY DANGER Storage batteries give off explosive hydrogen gas INSTRUCTIONS during recharging. Slightest spark will ignite hydrogen and cause The safety alert symbol ( ) is used with a signal word explosion. (DANGER, CAUTION,WARNING), a pictorial and/or a Battery electrolyte fluid contains acid and is safety message to alert you to hazards. DANGER indicates extreme
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Briggs & Stratton Power Products Home Standby Generator Installation, Start-Up and Owner’s Manual WARNING CAUTION Generator produces powerful voltage. Excessively high operating speeds increase risk of injury and damage to generator. Failure to properly ground generator can result in electrocution. Excessively low speeds impose a heavy load. Failure to isolate generator from power utility DO NOT tamper with governed speed. Generator supplies can result in death or injury to electric utility co
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Briggs & Stratton Power Products Home Standby Generator Installation, Start-Up and Owner’s Manual SAVE THESE CUSTOMER INSTRUCTIONS RESPONSIBILITIES Read and follow the instructions given in this manual, This manual contains important instructions that should be especially the section regarding selecting essential circuits. followed during installation and maintenance of the Follow a regular schedule in maintaining, caring for and generator and battery. using your Home Standby Generator, as s
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Briggs & Stratton Power Products Home Standby Generator Installation, Start-Up and Owner’s Manual KNOW YOUR HOME STANDBY GENERATOR Read this owner’s manual and safety rules before operating your generator. Compare the illustrations with your generator to familiarize yourself with the locations of various controls and adjustments. Save this manual for future reference. Generator is shown with roof, plastic Air Cleaner Engine Label Oil Fill access door and control panel door Cap/DipStick removed f
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Briggs & Stratton Power Products Home Standby Generator Installation, Start-Up and Owner’s Manual KNOW YOUR CONTROL PANEL Compare this Control Panel illustration with your generator to familiarize yourself with the location of these important controls: 15 Amp Fuse Set Exercise Switch Circuit Breaker AUTO/OFF/MANUAL Switch 15 Amp Fuse — Protects the Home Standby Generator “OFF” position turns off generator, prevents generator DC control circuits. If the fuse has melted open or was from starting
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Briggs & Stratton Power Products Home Standby Generator Installation, Start-Up and Owner’s Manual OWNER ORIENTATION WARNING Propane and Natural Gas are extremely This section provides the Home Standby Generator owner flammable and explosive. with the information necessary to achieve the most Fire or explosion can cause severe burns or satisfactory and cost effective installation possible. death. The illustrations are for typical circumstances and are The Home Standby Generator is equipped with
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Briggs & Stratton Power Products Home Standby Generator Installation, Start-Up and Owner’s Manual General Location Guidelines Shipment Contents WARNING The Home Standby Generator is supplied with: Home Standby Generator w/disconnect box Running generator gives off carbon monoxide, Pre-attached mounting pad an odorless, colorless, poison gas. One 24” flexible hook-up hose Breathing carbon monoxide can cause nausea, Installation, start-up and owner’s manual fainting or death. Installatio
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Briggs & Stratton Power Products Home Standby Generator Installation, Start-Up and Owner’s Manual Essential Circuits Figure 2 — Wattage Reference Guide Running Consult with owner to clearly identify the circuits in Device Watts building that are "essential". Air Conditioner (12,000 Btu)* 1700 It is important that you understand which circuits the Air Conditioner (24,000 Btu)* 3800 owner wants to include as "Essential Circuits". Depending Air Conditioner (40,000 Btu)* 6000 on the po
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Briggs & Stratton Power Products Home Standby Generator Installation, Start-Up and Owner’s Manual This rating is applicable to installations served by a Fuel Inlet Dimensions reliable normal utility source.This rating is only applicable Figure 4, below, depicts the location of the fuel piping to variable loads with an average load factor of 80% of connector. the standby rating.The standby rating is only applicable for optional standby power where the generator set Figure 4 — Generator Fuel Attac
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Briggs & Stratton Power Products Home Standby Generator Installation, Start-Up and Owner’s Manual Piping must be of the correct size to maintain the THE GASEOUS FUEL required supply pressures and volume flow under varying conditions. SYSTEM Use an approved pipe sealant or joint compound on all WARNING threaded fittings to reduce the possibility of leakage. Propane and Natural Gas are extremely Installed piping must be properly purged and leak tested, flammable and explosive. in accordance
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Briggs & Stratton Power Products Home Standby Generator Installation, Start-Up and Owner’s Manual When the initial test runs are completed, the manometer is WARNING removed and the port is plugged.A typical final fuel Propane and Natural Gas are extremely connection assembly is shown in Figure 6. flammable and explosive. Figure 6 — Completed Fuel Connections Fire or explosion can cause severe burns or death. Before placing the Home Standby Generator into service, the fuel system lines must be
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Briggs & Stratton Power Products Home Standby Generator Installation, Start-Up and Owner’s Manual Fuel Pipe Sizing Listed values compensate for a nominal amount of Figures 8 and 9 provide the maximum capacity of pipe in restriction from bends, fittings, etc. If an unusual number of cubic feet of gas per hour for gas pressures of 0.5 psi or fittings, bends, or other restrictions are used, please refer less and a pressure drop of 0.3 in. water column. Specific to federal and local codes. gravity o
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Briggs & Stratton Power Products Home Standby Generator Installation, Start-Up and Owner’s Manual Fuel Comparison Chart Fuel Comparison Chart Physical Properties Propane Natural Gas Normal Atmospheric State Gas Gas Boiling Point (in °F): Initial -44 -259 End -44 -259 Heating Value: BTU per gallon (Net LHV*) 83,340 63,310 BTU per Gallon (Gross**) 91,547 Cubic Feet (Gas) 2,516 1,000 Density*** 36.39 57.75 Weight† 4.24 2.65 Octane Number: Research 110+ 110+ Motor 97 * LHV (Low
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Briggs & Stratton Power Products Home Standby Generator Installation, Start-Up and Owner’s Manual Remote Diagnostic LED Plate WIRE CONNECTIONS The light on the remote LED plate is referred to as the Diagnostic LED.The LED will stay lit indicating the generator Recommended T orque Values is in ready mode and will turn on and off in a series of blinks Torque all wire connections/fasteners to values recommended if certain faults are detected in the Home Standby in Figure 10. Suitable for copper wir
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Briggs & Stratton Power Products Home Standby Generator Installation, Start-Up and Owner’s Manual NOTE: With the battery installed and utility power Battery Connection available to the Automatic Transfer Switch, the battery The Home Standby Generator is supplied with a 12Volt receives a trickle charge whenever the engine is not DC,AGM type, 33 Amp-Hour, valve regulated battery. It is a running.This process may take up to 72 hours to fully sealed, lead-acid rechargeable battery. It is installed i
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Briggs & Stratton Power Products Home Standby Generator Installation, Start-Up and Owner’s Manual 9. Connect an RMS AC voltmeter and a frequency meter FUEL SYSTEM SELECTION to check generator output at load side of circuit breaker.Voltage should be 230-240 Volts, frequency The engine of your Home Standby Generator is factory should be 62.0 - 62.5 Hz. calibrated to run on natural gas (NG). It may also be operated on liquid propane (LP). 10. Check generator output between one generator To configur
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Briggs & Stratton Power Products Home Standby Generator Installation, Start-Up and Owner’s Manual For example, if you press the “Set Exercise” switch on SETTING EXERCISE TIMER Sunday morning at 10:00 AM, the unit will run an exercise cycle the following Sunday at 10:00 AM (+/- 1 hour). The Home Standby Generator is equipped with an exercise timer that will start and exercise the generator once every NOTE: “Set Exercise” will only work if the unit is in the seven days. During this exercise period
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Briggs & Stratton Power Products Home Standby Generator Installation, Start-Up and Owner’s Manual 2. With generator output supplying load, turn ON SPECIFICATIONS service disconnect or main distribution panel circuit breaker that supplies utility power to automatic Rated Maximum Power (LP*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.0 kW transfer switch. Rated Maximum Load Current: 3. Automatic transfer switch will transfer loads back to at 240 Volts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
