Operating instructions

ManualsBrandsWesterbeke ManualsAutomotive5.0 KW BCG 50Hz

ELECTRONIC

GOVERNOR

Electronic

Governor

System

The system

is

composed

of

three basic components:

1.

Controller. Mounted

in

the instrument panel.

Z.

Sensor. Installed on the bellhousing over the flywheel

ring

gear.

3.

Actuator. Mounted at the front

of

the engine and

attached with linkage to the throttle arm of

the

injection

pump.

Controller

Adjustment

1. Speed. This adjustment

is

used to raise or lower the

engine's speed

to

the desired hertz.

2.

Gain. This adjustment affects the reaction time

of

the

actuator to the generator/engine load changes.

NOTE:

A high gain adjustment

can

induce

an

oscillating

of

the actuator producing a hunting mode. In such cases,

lessen

the

gain adjustment.

SENSOR

LINEAR

ACTUATOR

CONTROLLER

Calibration

1.

With

no

power to the governor, adjust

the

GAIN

to

9:00

o'clock.

2.

Start the engine and adjust the speed

by

turning

lhe

speed

pot clockwise

to

desired speed.

NOTE:

Controllers

are

factory adjusted

to

minimum

rpm.

However.

for

safety,

one

should

be

capable

of

disabling

.the

engine

if

an

overspeed should

exist.

3.

At no-load. turn the GAIN potentiometer clockwise

until

the

engine begins

to

hunt.

if

the engine does

not

hunt,

physically upset the governor linkage.

4. Turn the GAIN potentiometer counterclockwise

until stable.

FLYWHEEL

HOUSING

LINEAR

ACTUATOR

KEEP

ACTUATOR

LINKAGE

WELL

LUBRICATED

TO

ELECTRONIC

CONTROLLER

Engines & Generators

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