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 information, including the unit's serial
number and commission date.
Customer
Identification
Card
/-.rAT/
WESTERBEKE
I
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
OR
ARISING
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. It 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 information will be highlighted by NOTES,
CAUTIONS, and WARNINGS. An explanation follows:
NOTE:
An
operating procedure essential to note.
A
CAUTION:
Procedures,
which
It
not
strictly
observed,
can
result
In
the
damage
or
destruction
of
your
engine.
A
WARNING:
Procedures,
which
If
not
properly
to/·
lowed,
can
result
In
persona/Injury
or
loss
of
lite.
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