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Anonymous Posted on Apr 03, 2009

Generac Guardian 15 kw overspeed fault

Attempted to start a new Generac Guardian 15 kw air cooled generator and the unit shuts down with 'overspeed' fault. I think it is running too fast. What should be my sequence of trouble shooting?
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Did you remember to set the overspeed shutdown threshold on the control board?

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Unit will not shutdown after exercise period

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    Please advise what part is causing this problem.

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