Section 5 • Troubleshooting
Part No. 116478
AL8000HT Light Tower
5 - 5
REV A
September 2008
TROUBLESHOOTING
DO NOT OPEN FIXTURES WHILE LIGHT
CIRCUIT BREAKER IS “ON”. ALLOW
LAMP TO COOL BEFORE TOUCHING.
**TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WHEN
TROUBLESHOOTING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS**
A. Only use a voltmeter with two well-insu-
lated pin probes rated for 600 volts.
B. Treat all conductors as potentially hot.
C. Proceed through circuits systematically,
operating only one section at a time.
D. Before disconnecting ballast, turn off circuit
breaker and wait 30 seconds for capacitor
to discharge.
E. If all the lights are out and all the ballasts
are receiving power, suspect burned out
power cable.
Light Fixture Troubleshooting
IF YOU FEEL AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AT ANY TIME WHILE OPERATING THIS UNIT, SHUT IT DOWN
IMMEDIATELY! HAVE THE UNIT INSPECTED BY A TRAINED ELECTRICIAN.
THIS ENGINE/GENERATOR SET IS FACTORY INSTALLED, TESTED, AND SET FOR FIELD
OPERATION. ANY DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE OR GENERATOR UNITS OCCURRING AFTER
ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE IN THE FIELD BY UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE
COVERED BY YOUR MANUFACTURER’S WARRANTY AND WILL ALSO VOID THE
MANUFACTURER’S WARRANTY ON THIS PARTICULAR UNIT. IF YOU CAN NOT REACH YOUR LO-
CAL DEALER, CONTACT THE FACTORY SERVICE MANAGER TOLL FREE AT 1-800-433-3026.
TROUBLE
POSSIBLE CAUSE
REMEDY
18.Lamp flickers or goes out-
c.Defective capacitor
c.Replace capacitor
intermittent or cycling
d.Defective lamp
d.Replace lamp
e.High spike ballast
e.Ballast produces high spike current.
Measure with oscilloscope. Replace
ballast as required.
