Installation manual
INTRODUCTION
This WESTERBEKE Diesel Generator is a product
of
WESTERBEKE's long years
of
experience and advanced
technology.
We
take great pride
in
the superior durability and
dependable performance
of
our
engines
and
generators.
Thank you for selecting WESTERBEKE.
In
order
to
get
the
full use
and
benefit from
your
generator
it
is
important
that
you operate
and
maintain
it
correctly. This
manual is designed to help you do this. Please read this
manual carefully and observe all the safety precautions
throughout. Should your generator
require
servicing, contact
your nearest WESTERBEKE dealer for assistance.
This is your operators manual. A
parts
catalog
is
also
provided
and
a technical
manual
is
available
from
your
WESTERBEKE dealer.
If
you are planning to install this
equipment contact your WESTERBEKE dealer for
WESTERBEKE'S installation manual.
WARRANTY
PROCEDURES
Your
WESTERBEKE Warranty is included
in
a separate
folder. If, after
60 days
of
submitting the Warranty Registry
form you have not received a customer identification card
registering your warranty, please contact the factory
in
writing with model iDfomation, including
the
unit's serial
number
and
commission date.
Customer
Identification
Card
I~I
WESTERBEKE
1
Customer Identification
MR.
GENERATOR OWNER
MAIN STREET
HOMETOWN, USA
Model
32
BEDA
Ser.
#UOOOO-D702
Expires 4/4/98
The WESTERBEKE serial number is an alphanumeric
number
that
can assist
in
determining
the
date
of
manufac-
ture
of
your WESTERBEKE engine
or
generator. The manu-
facturer's date
code
is placed at the end
of
the engine serial
number and consists
of
a character followed by three
numbers. The character indicates the decade. (A
= 1960s,
B = 1970s, C = 1980s, D = 1990s, the first number represents
the year in the decade and the second and third numbers the
month
of
manufacture.
PRODUCT
SOFTWARE
Product
software,
(tech
data,
parts
lists, manuals,
brochures
and
catalogs), provided
from
sources other
than
WESTERBEKE
are
not within WESTERBEKE's control.
WESTERBEKE CANNOT
BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
CONTENT
OF
SUCH SOFTWARE, MAKES
NO
WAR-
RANTIES
OR REPRESENTATIONS WITH
RESPECT
THERETO, INCLUDING ACCURACY, TIMELINESS
OR
COMPLETENESS THEREOF
AND
WILL
IN
NO
EVENT
BE
LIABLE FOR
ANY
TYPE
OF
DAMAGE OR INJURY
INCURRED
IN
CONNECTION WITH
ORARISING
OUT
OF
THE FURNISHING OR USE
OF
SUCH SOFTWARE.
WESTERBEKE customers should also keep
in
mind the
time span between printings
of
WESTERBEKE product
software
and
the
unavoidable existence
of
earlier
WESTERBEKE
manuals.
In
summation,
product
software
provided with WESTERBEKE products, whether from
WESTERBEKE or other suppliers, must not and cannot
be relied
upon
exclusively as
the
definitive
authority
on
the respective product.
]t
not only makes
good
sense
but
is imperative
that
appropriate
representatives
of
WESTERBEKE or
the
supplier
in
question be consulted
to
determine
the
accuracy
and
currentness
of
the
product
software being consulted
by
the
customer.
NOTES,
CAUTIONS
AND
WARNINGS
As
this
manual
takes
you
through
the
operating procedures,
maintenance schedules,
and
troubleshooting
of
your
marine
engine, critical infonnation will
be
highlighted
by
NOTES,
CAUTIONS, and WARNINGS.
An
explanation follows:
NOTE:
An operating procedure essential to note.
A
CAUTION:
Procedures,
which
if
not
strictly
observed,
can
result
in
the
damage
or
destruction
of
your
engine.
A
WARNING:
Procedures,
which
if
not
properly
fol·
lowed,
can
result
in
personal
injury
or
loss
of
life.
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