
Briggs & Stratton Power Products Backup Power System
Owner’s Manual
2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
SAFETY RULES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installation Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
For the Home or Business Owner: . . . . . . . . . . 4
For the Installing Dealer/Contractor: . . . . . . . . . 4
OWNER ORIENTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Fuel Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Power Decrease at High Altitude or High
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Generator Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Generator Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Essential Circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Essential Circuit Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
UNPACKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Delivery Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Shipment Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
KNOW YOUR BACKUP GENERATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
KNOW YOUR SYSTEM CONTROL PANEL . . . . . . . . . 10
Access Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
To remove an access door: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
To install an access door: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
BEFORE INITIAL START-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Oil Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Battery Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gaseous Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
The AUTO/OFF/MANUAL Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
AUTOMATIC OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Checking Automatic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Stopping the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Setting Exercise Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
MANUAL OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Transfer to Generator Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Transfer Back to Utility Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Engine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Fault Detection System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Reset Fault Detection System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
No Blinks - ‘Dead’ Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Low Battery Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Low Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Low Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Engine Fail To Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Low Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Engine Overspeed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Oil Temperature High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Power During Fault Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Generator Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
To Clean the Generator: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Engine Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Checking Oil Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Changing the Oil and Oil Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Replace the Spark Plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Service Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Inspect Spark Arrester Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Engine Governed Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Valve Lash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Carburetor Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
If You Call the Factory: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
STORAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
DIAGRAMS, EXPLODED VIEWS, PARTS LISTS . . . . . 22-42
EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM WARRANTY . . . . . . . 43
POWER SYSTEM WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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Obey all safety messages that follow this symbol to avoid possible injury or death.
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