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What do the fault codes on my generator mean?

Fault Codes

The genset controller provides extensive diagnostics by causing the status indicator light on the Start/Stop Control Switch to blink in a coded fashion. Anytime the generator shuts down without a stop button being requested, a fault will be generated. Following a fault shutdown, the indicator light will repeatedly blink one, two, three or four blinks at a time.

  • One blink indicates shutdown due to high engine coolant temperature.
  • Two blinks indicates a low oil pressure fault.
  • Three blinks indicates a service fault. Press Stop once to cause the two-digit, second-level fault code to blink. (Pressing Stop again will stop the blinking.) The two-digit code consists of one, two, three, four or five blinks, a brief pause, and then one to nine blinks. The first set of blinks represents the tens digit and the second set of blinks is the units digit of the fault code number. For example, Fault Code No. 36 appears as: blink-blink-blink—pause—blink-blink-blink-blink-blink-blink— long pause—repeat
  • Four blinks indicates that cranking exceeded 30 seconds without the engine starting.

 

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