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Connecting the battery and the

battery charger. Hazardous voltage

can cause severe injury or death.

Reconnect

the

battery

positive to positive and negative to

negative, to avoid electrical shock and

damage to the battery charger and

battery(ies).

Have

electrician install the battery(ies).

Short

circuits.

voltage/current can cause severe

injury or death. Short circuits can

cause bodily injury and/or equipment

damage.

Do not contact electrical

connections with tools or jewelry while

making

adjustments

Remove all jewelry before servicing the

equipment.

Engine block heater.

voltage can cause severe injury or

death. The engine block heater can

cause electrical shock. Remove the

engine block heater plug from the

electrical outlet before working on the

block heater electrical connections.

Electrical backfeed to the utility.

Hazardous backfeed voltage can

cause severe injury or death. Install

a transfer switch in standby power

installations to prevent the connection

of standby and other sources of power.

Electrical

backfeed

into

electrical system can cause severe

injury or death to utility personnel

working on power lines.

WARNING

Airborne particles.

Can cause severe injury or blind-

ness.

Wear protective goggles and clothing

when using power tools, hand tools,

or compressed air.

Safety Precautions and Instructions

Servicing the generator set when it

is operating. Exposed moving parts

can cause severe injury or death.

correctly,

Keep hands, feet, hair, clothing, and

test leads away from the belts and

pulleys when the generator set is

running. Replace guards, screens, and

qualified

covers before operating the generator

set.

Hazardous

Heavy Equipment

repairs.

Hazardous

Unbalanced weight.

Improper lifting can cause severe

injury or death and equipment

damage.

Do not use lifting eyes.

Lift the generator set using lifting bars

inserted through the lifting holes on

the skid.

Hot Parts

utility

Hot coolant and steam.

Can cause severe injury or death.

Before removing the pressure cap,

stop the generator set and allow it to

cool. Then loosen the pressure cap

to relieve pressure.

WARNING

Hot engine and exhaust system.

Can cause severe injury or death.

Do not work on the generator set until

it cools.

Servicing the alternator. Hot parts

can cause severe injury or death.

Avoid touching the alternator field or

exciter armature. When shorted, the

alternator field and exciter armature

become hot enough to cause severe

burns.

Servicing the exhaust system. Hot

parts can cause severe injury or

death. Do not touch hot engine parts.

The engine and exhaust system

components become extremely hot

during operation.

Notice

NOTICE

Canadian installations only.

standby service connect the output of

the generator set to a suitably rated

transfer switch in accordance with

Canadian Electrical Code, Part 1.

NOTICE

Electrostatic discharge damage.

Electrostatic

discharge

damages electronic circuit boards.

Prevent

electrostatic

damage by wearing an approved

grounding wrist strap when handling

electronic circuit boards or integrated

circuits. An approved grounding wrist

strap provides a high resistance (about

1 megohm), not a direct short, to

ground.

TP-6344 4/09

For

(ESD)

discharge