Product Manual

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Have your generator serviced by a qualified repair person using only factory approved replacement
parts. This will ensure that the safety of the generator is maintained. Incorrectly fitted parts will void
your warranty.
The equipment may only be used, maintained or repaired by those persons who understand and have
been instructed about the potential dangers. Independent changes in the equipment cancel any
manufacturer’s liability for any damages that result from these changes.
APPROPRIATE USE
Use the equipment only when it is in technically perfect condition and only for appropriate jobs, with
an awareness of safety and possible dangers, based on observation of the operating instructions. In
particular, problems which could influence the operational safety must be dealt with immediately.
All of the manufacture’s safety, work and maintenance regulations as well as the given norms in the
Technical Data must be observed.
STATIC ELECTRICITY AND FILLING THE PETROL TANK
Static electricity can initiate from un-grounded petrol tanks or containers from flowing petrol and
persons carrying a static electric charge. Static electricity can explosively ignite petrol vapours that are
present during the fuelling process, resulting in serious burns to nearby persons.
Many objects can accumulate and retain a static electric charge. Objects made of non-conductive
materials (eg. plastics) easily accumulate and retain static electrical charge, as can objects made of
conductive material (eg. metal, water) if they are not electrically grounded.
To avoid static electricity while fuelling, certain steps must be followed before and during the fuelling
process in order to minimise and safely dissipate static charge build-up:
Touch a grounded metal object before starting. Always dissipate static charge from your body before
beginning the fuelling process by touching a grounded metal object at a safe distance away from the
fuel source.
Use a portable container to fill the tank. NEVER fill the engine’s petrol tank directly from the fuel pump
– the engine’s tank is not grounded and the high velocity flow of petrol from a fuel pump can cause
static electric build-up. Use an approved portable container to transfer to the engine’s tank.
TYPICAL SOURCES OF STATIC ELECTRIC HAZARDS DURING FUELLING
The following objects can accumulate a static electric charge and cause an ignition spark in typical
fuelling situations:
1. Ungrounded tanks/containers.
Any ungrounded fuel tank or container can accumulate a static electric charge as a result of
contact with other objects or friction during transportation. This static electricity can
discharge as a spark to the grounded petrol dispenser nozzle as the nozzle is first brought close to
the tank/container at the beginning of the fuelling process.
2. Flowing petrol.
People are not aware that petrol accumulates static electric charge while flowing through a hose
or pipe. This charge then transfers to and accumulates in the gas tank or container that is being
filled. The total amount of charge accumulation depends on the amount of gas pumped into the
container, the speed with which it is pumped, and whether or not the tank/ container is grounded.
If sufficient static electric charge accumulates in the fuel tank or container during the