Operation Manual

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GENERATING SET USE
OPERATION OF THE GENERATING SET
Your Honda generating set is a reliable piece of equipment,
developed to ensure your safety. It can help you carry out work
more easily and bring improvements to your leisure time, but there
is also a risk of electrocution if you do not follow strictly the
instructions for use given in this chapter.
• Never connect the generating set to a main socket.
• Do not connect any appliances to the receptacles before starting the generating set.
• Do not alter the internal wiring of the generator.
• Do not modify the engine adjustments. The frequency and voltage of the current
supplied by the generator are directly linked to the engine rotation speed. These
adjustments are carried out at the factory.
• Only connect appliances in good working order: most portable electrical tools are
Class II (double insulation). Equipment that does not meet this standard (tools with
metallic casing) has to powered via 3 conductor cable (with an earth conductor) to
ensure correct earthing in the event of an electrical fault.
• Supply only machines whose voltage, as specified on their rating plates,
corresponds to that produced by the generating set.
• Protection against electrical shock depends on circuit breakers specially matched
to the generating set. If the circuit breakers require replacement they must be
replaced with a circuit breaker having identical ratings and performance
characteristics.
• Due to high mechanical stresses only tough rubber-sheathed flexible cable (in
accordance with IEC 245-4) or the equivalent should be used.
• The generating set meets the protective measure "electrical separation with
equipotential bonding" as stated in the IEC 60364-4-41: dec 2005 §413. (and
VDE0100 part 728)
- The used power system is the IT system
- with neutral conductor N (for 3 phase machine) and
- non earthed equipotential bonding conductor PE, connecting all exposed
conductive parts of the generating set together.
- Earthing of the generator is for the proper function of this protective measure not
required.
- Only connect appliances in good working condition; most portable electrical tools
are Class II (double insulation). Equipment that do not meet this standard (tools
with metallic casing) have to be powered via 3-conductor cable (equipotential
conductor PE conductor).
- Earthing the neutral conductor of the generator or any point of the live conductors
(vs coils) like center tap, is in contradiction with the built-in protective measure.
- If the neutral conductor shall be earthed anyway, this may only be performed by
a professional electrician, implementing the additional safety devices required
together with the new protective measure (cf. IEC 364-4-41).
SAFETY
SAFETY
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