Adding Oil; Adding Gasoline; To Start The Engine; Connecting Electrical Loads - Craftsman 580.327140 Owner's Manual

OPERATION
IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS OPERATING YOUR
GENERATOR, PLEASE CALL THE GENERATOR
HELPLINE AT 1-800-222-3136.
BEFORE STARTING ENGINE
ADD OIL:
Place generator on a level surface and remove one of
.the y..ellowOil .FillCaps (Rg. 5) and add engine oil unti!
levm is at point owovernowmg. Check engine oil levee
before starting each time thereafter. If oil level is below
point of overflowing, fill to proper level. The recom-
mended oils include (during summer months) SAE 30
oil. SAE 10W-30 is an acceptable substitute. During
winter months use SAE 5W-20 or 5W-30. DO NOT
USE lOW-40. Crankcase oil capacity is about 720ml
with oil filter.
CAUTION: ANY AI"rEMPT TO CRANK OR START
THE ENGINE BEFORE IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY
SERVICED WITH THE RECOMMENDED OIL RE-
SULTS IN AN ENGINE FAILURE.
• Locate the Idle Control On/Off switch on control panel
and set it to OFF position.
• Locate the Run/Stop switch (Fig. 6) next to the engine
cylinder head and set it to RUN.
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FIG. 6
• Close the choke to FULL position (Fig. 7) by sliding it
to far position in direction indicated by arrow on air
cleaner housing.
FULL
RUN
FIG. 5 FIG. 7
ADD GASOLINE:
• Use regular UNLEADED gasoline with the generator
engine. Regular leaded gasoline may also be used if
UNLEADED is not available. Fuel tank capacity is 4
U.S. gallons.
_1= CAUTION: DO NOT OVERFILL THE FUEL TANK.
ALWAYS ALLOW ROOM FOR FUEL EXPANSION.
WARNING: NEVER FILL FUEL TANK INDOORS.
NEVER RLL FUEL TANK WHEN ENGINE IS RUN-
NING OR HOT. DO NOT UGHT A CIGARET OR
SMOKE WHEN FILUNG FUEL TANK.
TO START THE ENGINE
CAUTION: NEVER START, OR STOP, THE EN-
GINE-GENERATOR WITH ELECTRICAL LOADS
CONNECTED TO THE RECEPTACLES WITH THE
CONNECTED DEVICES TURNED ON.
• Start, store and fuel the unit in a level position.
• Open fuel shut-off valve.
• Grasp the starter grip and pull slowly until you feel
resistance. Then pull rapidly. Repeatif necessarywith
choke opened slightly.
• When engine starts, open choke gradually.
CONNECTING ELECTRICAL LOADS
• Let engine stabilize and warm up for about five minutes
after starting.
• Plug in and turn on the desired 120 or 240 volts, single
phase, 60 Hertz, a-c electrical loads.
• DO NOT connect 240 volts to 120 volts duplex recep-
tacles.
• DO NOT connect 3-phase loads to panel receptacles.
• DO NOT connect any 50 Hz loads to the generator.
• Add up the rated watts of all lights tool appliance and
motor loads you are powering at one time. This total
should NOT be greater than (a) generator's rated watt-
age. capac!_ or (b) circuit breaker rating of the recep-
tac=e suoplymg the power.