Table Of Contents - Westinghouse WHC5500 Owner's Manual

Owner's manual (86 pages)

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CONGRATULATIONS ON OWNING A WESTINGHOUSE GENERATOR .........................................................3

For Your Records: .........................................................................................................................................3

Product Registration .....................................................................................................................................3

Product Registration Form ............................................................................................................................3

SAFETY ....................................................................................................................................................................7

SAFETY DEFINITIONS ......................................................................................................................................7

SAFETY SYMBOL DEFINITIONS ......................................................................................................................7

GENERAL SAFETY RULES ...............................................................................................................................8

SAFETY LABELS AND DECALS .....................................................................................................................10

UNPACKING ...........................................................................................................................................................12

UNPACKING THE GENERATOR ......................................................................................................................12

WHEEL KIT ACCESSORIES BOX ...................................................................................................................12

Components: ..............................................................................................................................................12

ASSEMBLY .............................................................................................................................................................13

ASSEMBLY .......................................................................................................................................................13

INSTALLING THE BATTERY (ELECTRIC START GENERATORS ONLY) .......................................................15

FEATURES .............................................................................................................................................................16

GENERAL GENERATOR FEATURES ..............................................................................................................16

CONTROL PANEL FEATURES ........................................................................................................................18

OPERATION ...........................................................................................................................................................19

BEFORE STARTING THE GENERATOR .........................................................................................................19

ADDING / CHECKING ENGINE FLUIDS AND FUEL .......................................................................................21

Checking and / or Adding Engine Oil ..........................................................................................................21

Adding Gasoline to the Fuel Tank ...............................................................................................................21

STARTING THE GENERATOR .........................................................................................................................22

Manually Starting a Generator ...................................................................................................................22

Starting an Electric Start Generator ...........................................................................................................24

STOPPING THE GENERATOR ........................................................................................................................25

Normal Operation .......................................................................................................................................25

During an Emergency .................................................................................................................................25

MAINTENANCE ......................................................................................................................................................26

MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................................................................26

Maintenance Schedule ...............................................................................................................................26

ENGINE OIL MAINTENANCE ..........................................................................................................................27

Engine Oil Speciﬁcation ..............................................................................................................................27

Checking Engine Oil ...................................................................................................................................27

Adding Engine Oil .......................................................................................................................................28

Changing Engine Oil ...................................................................................................................................28

AIR FILTER MAINTENANCE ............................................................................................................................28

Cleaning the Air Filter .................................................................................................................................28

SPARK PLUG MAINTENANCE ........................................................................................................................30

CLEANING THE SPARK ARRESTOR ..............................................................................................................32

CLEANING THE GENERATOR ........................................................................................................................32

BATTERY SERVICE .........................................................................................................................................33

Battery Replacement ..................................................................................................................................33

STORAGE .........................................................................................................................................................34

TROUBLESHOOTING ............................................................................................................................................35

TROUBLESHOOTING ......................................................................................................................................35