Service Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- 1. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
- 1.1 Warning, Caution, and Note Styles Used in This Manual
- 1.2 General Information
- 1.3 Generator Set Safety Code
- 1.4 Electrical Shocks and Arc Flashes Can Cause Severe Personal Injury or Death
- 1.5 Fuel and Fumes Are Flammable
- 1.6 Exhaust Gases Are Deadly
- 1.7 The Hazards of Carbon Monoxide
- 1.8 Earth Ground Connection
- 2. Introduction
- 3. Startup
- 4. Operation
- 5. Maintenance
- 5.1 Maintenance Safety
- 5.2 Periodic Maintenance
- 5.3 Engine Oil
- 5.4 Engine Valve Clearance
- 5.5 Normal Duty Air Cleaner Element Replacement
- 5.6 Exhaust System Maintenance
- 5.7 DC Electrical System
- 5.8 Batteries
- 5.9 Spark Plugs
- 5.10 Cleaning the Generator Set Housing
- 5.11 Cleaning the Slip Rings
- 5.12 Exercising the Generator Set
- 5.13 Complete System Test
- 6. Service
- 7. Troubleshooting
- 7.1 Troubleshooting Procedures
- 7.2 Safety Considerations
- 7.3 GATRR Troubleshooting Approach
- 7.4 Tools and Parts Required
- 7.5 Troubleshooting with the Local or Remote Displays
- 7.6 Utility-Powered Battery Charger Troubleshooting
- 7.7 Engine Flywheel Battery Charger Troubleshooting
- 7.8 Fuel Shutoff Solenoid Valve
- 7.9 Compression Test Procedure
- 7.10 Connecting with the InPower Service Tool
- 7.11 Troubleshooting by Symptom
- 7.12 Troubleshooting with Fault Codes
- 7.13 Remote Monitoring Communication Troubleshooting
- Appendix A. Wiring Diagrams
6. Service10-2019
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6.5 Alternator
Alternator Components
This is a single-bearing, two-pole, revolving field alternator with brushes and slip
rings. Output voltage is regulated by the generator set control. Here are the major
components:
Component Description
Stator The stator consists of steel laminations with two sets of windings in the
lamination slots. The main windings (L1-L2, Neutral) power the connected
loads and the quadrature windings (Q1-Q2) supply power for the alternator
field. See the Testing the Alternator section.
Rotor The rotor consists of a shaft with steel laminations wrapped with windings. A
molded slip ring assembly supplies field current to the rotor windings
through the brush block assembly. The rotor shaft is supported in the end
bell by a sealed ball bearing. The rotor is driven by the taper on the end of
the engine crankshaft.
Brush Block Field current passes through the brush block which has two spring-loaded
carbon brushes that make contact with the rotor slip rings.
Voltage
Regulator
The generator set control maintains constant output voltage under varying
load conditions by varying field current. Power for field excitation is supplied
by the quadrature winding (Q1-Q2).