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BREAKING IN
Service life of your
generator
is dependent upon how the engine is
operated and serviced during the initial 10 hours of operation!
Your new engine needs at least
10 hours of conditioning opera-
tion
for
breaking
each moving
part in and maximizing perfor-
mance
and
life
of
engine.
Perform this conditioning care-
fully,
bearing
the
following
points in mind:
1.
Since
generator
sets
current,
your
control
control of load.
operate
at
1800
of
the breaking
RPM
to
obtain
60
cycle
in process
is limi ted to
2.
Do not ever attempt to BREAK IN your generator set by running at
NO LOAD.
3.
Immediately on starting
the
set,
add approximately 25%
load to
cause a fast warm up.
4.
For the first 10 hours of operation, run between 20 and 60 percent
load.
5.
After 10 hours, you may load as needed, except that:
o.
You must avoid overload at all times.
Overload is signalled by
smoky exhaust and/or
a
reduction in speed and voltage.
Explanation:
"Breaking in" a new engine is basically a seating of the piston rings
to the cylinder walls.
This is not accomplished by long periods of
running idle, nor by early running under full load.
Idle running may
smo'ky operation.
lar results.
glaze the cylinder walls causing oil consumption and
ExceSS1ve loads may score cylinder walls with simi-
As indicated above, use a short warm up period under moderate load for
the first
ten hours of operation.
For
the next forty hours,
use
approximately 70% load.
This kind of careful operation will result in
best results from your engine.
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