Troubleshooting - Generac Power Systems SMM Owners & Installation Manual

Installation, Tests, & Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

See Table 3-2 for troubleshooting problems, causes, and corrections.
Problem
Load not powered; LED is OFF
Load not powered; LED is OFF
Load not powered; LED flashing
1 second interval
Load not powered; LED flashing
3 second interval
Load not powered; LED flashing
6 second interval
Load not powered while on
utility
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Table 3-2. Troubleshooting
Cause
Circuit breaker disabled.
Utility main line circuit breaker (MLCB)
disabled and generator OFF.
Generator power just applied to unit.
Utility power just applied to unit.
Generator was overloaded and shed
occurred.
This load overloaded the generator while
attempting recovery from a shed. It is in
a 30 minute lockout wait period.
The lockout switch is enabled and the
unit is on generator power.
Wiring or unstable frequency.
Correction
Enable circuit breaker.
Enable utility MLCB if utility is present or verify
generator operation if outage.
Wait five minutes plus the priority time delay (see
Table 2-1
) for unit to enable output.
Wait 30 minutes from lockout for unit to attempt to re-
apply load.
Review all loads enabled in household. Generator
may end up in another overload condition when this
load is enabled. Disable some loads to prevent
generator overload from recurring.
During installation, it was determined that this load
will be disabled during generator operation to prevent
generator overload. Contact IASD for details.
Check wiring. See Setting Lockout
on unstable frequency.
Owner's/Installation Manual for SMM
for information