Maintenance; ServicingTheSystem; FaultDetectionSystem - Briggs & Stratton 7000 WATT 206484GS Installation And Operator's Manual

Maintenance

Servicing the System
Toservicesystem:
 1. SetthesystemswitchtoOFF.
 . Setthegenerator'smaincircuitbreakertoitsOFFposition.
 3. Utilityvoltageispresent.Disconnectpowerbefore
servicingbyremovingthetwoAmpfusesfromthe
transferswitch.
Fault Detection System
Thegeneratormayhavetorunforlongperiodsoftimewith
nooperatorpresent.Forthatreason,thesystemisequipped
withsensorsthatautomaticallyshutdownthegenerator
intheeventofpotentiallydamagingconditions,suchas
lowoilpressure,hightemperature,overspeed,andother
conditions.
Thegenerator'scontrolpanelhasadigitaldisplaythatshows
faultcodes,like"FC_1".Thetablebelowliststhedetected
fault,thefaultcodeasdisplayedonthecontrolpanel,and
thenumberofblinksseenontheremoteLEDindicator.
Fault Description
Lowbatteryvoltage
Lowoilpressure
Lowvoltage
Enginefailstostart
Lowfrequency
Engineoverspeed
Hightemperature
Transferswitchfault
TheremoteLEDindicatorisinstalledataconvenientinside
location.TheLEDwillremainlitwhenthegeneratorisin
AUTO.TheLEDwillturnonandoffinaseriesofblinksthat
correspondtothefaultdetectedinyourhomegenerator.The
blinkpatternisrepeatedwithabriefpausebetweeneach
seriesofblinks.
Reset Fault Detection System
Theoperatormustresetthefaultdetectionsystemeachtime
itactivates.Todoso,placethesystemswitchintheOFF
positionfor5secondsormore.Remedythefaultcondition,
thenreturnthehomegeneratortoservicebyplacingthe
systemswitchintheAUTOposition.
Adescriptionofeachfaultandsuggestedremediesareas
follows:

Fault Codes LED Flashes
FC_1 1
FC_ 
FC_3 3
FC_4 4
FC_5 5
FC_6 6
FC_7 7
FC_8 8
No LED - Discharged Battery
IfthereisadetectedfaultconditionbuttheLEDis
notblinking,thisisbecausethebatteryiscompletely
discharged.Toremedytheproblem,removethe15Amp
fuseanddisconnectthebatteryfromthegenerator.Take
thebatterytoalocalbatterystoreforanalysis.Replacethe
batteryafterithasbeenfullyrecharged,connectingthe
NEGATIVEcablelast.Theninstallthe15Ampfuseinthe
controlpanel.
NOTE:Withthebatteryinstalled,allwiringtotransferswitch
andhomegeneratorcompleted,utilitypowersuppliedto
theAutomaticTransferSwitch,andthesystemswitchin
AUTOposition,thebatteryreceivesatricklechargewhile
theengineisnotrunning.Thetricklechargeisnotableto
rechargeabatterythatiscompletelydischarged.SeeBattery
inMaintenance.
Low Battery Voltage
ThisfaultisindicatedbyfaultcodeFC_1andoneblinkon
theLEDindicator.Thisconditionoccursifthegenerator
cannotstartbecausethestartingbatteryoutputpoweris
belowthatneededtocranktheengine.Causesforthis
problemmaybeafaultybatteryorbatterychargecircuit.
Toremedytheproblem,contactyourlocalservicecenterto
checkthebatterychargeoutput.Removethe15Ampfuse
anddisconnectthebatteryfromthegenerator.Takethe
batterytoalocalbatterystoreforanalysis.ReplaceONLY
withsametypebatteryasdescribedinBatteryinInstallation.
Replacethebatteryafterithasbeenfullyrecharged,connecting
theNEGATIVEcablelast.Theninstallthe15Ampfuse.
Low Oil Pressure
ThisfaultisindicatedbyfaultcodeFC_andtwoblinkson
theremoteLEDindicator.Theunitisequippedwithanoil
pressureswitch(A).
A
Theoilpressureswitchusesnormallyclosedcontactsthat
areheldopenbyengineoilpressureduringoperation.
Shouldoilpressuredropbelowthe8psirange,switch
contactscloseandtheengineisshutdown.
Toremedythelowoilpressurecondition,addthe
recommendedoiltotheFULLmarkonthedipstick.
Ifthelowoilpressureconditionstillexists,theenginewill
start,thenshutdownafterabout0seconds.Thefaultcode
willappearandtheLEDwillflash.Inthiscase,contacta
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