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Author Topic: Lister LR2 6Kw Startomatic - HELP Please!  (Read 670 times)
desperatehorse
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« on: January 17, 2012, 11:57:01 AM »

Hi, We have a 6Kw Lr2 Lister Startomatic Generator.  It started cyling about 2 weeks ago and the problem has just got worse and worse, now it wont fire up on its own.

It seems the fuel control solenoid is not functioning properly ie, when you switch a light on it clicks on the load detection circuit and tries to start the genny but cant.... if I manually hold up the fuel control arm (normally automatically raised) for a few seconds it starts up and then stays on until the detection circuit switches it off again.

Basically I am thinking that I need to replace the Fuel control solenoid but it is a 24V model and thats all I know, I cant find any manuals on the internet and I have to go up and manually start this thing every hour or so from 5am to 9pm as it currently runs my livery yard.

does anyone know where I can find a manual so I can get the part number? or even better where I can buy the parts!

Please can you help?
 
Look forward to hearing from you.

Cindy
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« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2012, 03:05:57 PM »

Hi Cindy and welcome, have a look in the side bar of my blog under 'Lister Stuff' for a wealth of info, particularly this one
http://www.listerengine.com/smf/

I do have scanned copies of the startomatic wiring diagrams for SR,ST but not sure about LR, will check when I get home, I'll also forward you some phone numbers of parts suppliers.

Good luck, Paul



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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2012, 03:30:32 PM »

i think i may have the lr1 and the lister startomatic manual, but are large, 1.6mb pm me i will email them to you.

steve
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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2012, 09:38:11 PM »

Hi Guy,s

Sorry I have just checked and infact its an SR2... OK in an attempt to sort this out I called out a generator company, unfortunately they have not been able to rectify or identify the problem :-(  the only thing we did prove is the FCS (fuel control solenoid) is actually working fine.

In a desperate attempt to solve this I changed LCR, DR, LCC and C as we had already put in new D/1 and LC/4. The only other components I can think of changing are the CH and K/1, I have a wiring diagram that's very similar to our system but with a few little differences like variable capacitors one of these called LCT?

I robbed the components from our 3Kw Startomatic box (just hope I can replace them!)  I can swap out CH but I don't have another K/1 as the 3Kw is a 12V circuit and the 6KW is a 24V circuit so they are not interchangeable.

I just cant figure out why it was working fine for about a month and now its doing this?  When we purchased it, they had wired to the mains and backfeed blowing many components that we changed. After a lot of testing we got it working just fine, 1 thing that has changed is the DC voltage across LCC this was 315DC when first measured, I measured it again today and it is ranging between 218 and 241DC.  If I understand it right the DC voltage should be constant and not ramping up and down? the AC output has also dropped from 240 to 215Ac.


Last but not least why would the contacts D/1 and LC/4 pulse, but when I hold up the FCS arm the Genni then holds the contacts and works perfectly.....Huh?
Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I don't know which way to turn now. We are off grid and this is our only source of power so its critical.

Cindy

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« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2012, 11:01:43 PM »

hi cindy have done some work start-o-matic generators, one of the things you said was the line voltage has dropped from 240v to 214v i think you have bad connection on the no load resistor which is mounted on the left hand side of the grill check this first,the fuel solinoid has 2 coils wound together with a set of points mounted on top under the round cover if these are not making it will not pull the fuel rack and wont fire the engine up hope this helps regards kevin
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