Preventative Maintenance Agreements

While Generac® Home Standby Generators are among the most reliable on the market, proper factory recommended maintenance will help keep your unit running in top condition. A Preventative Maintenance Agreement (PMA) with Franklin Electric provides a proactive approach to maintaining your Generac® home standby generator. Routine scheduled visits can identify problems that may otherwise go undetected, possibly causing damage, or leaving you in the dark when the power goes out. This proactive approach gives you, the customer, the opportunity to avoid emergency repairs and control maintenance budgets. Our PMA’s provide a sense of security, knowing that standby power is running at maximum operating efficiency.

Semi-Annual Preventative Maintenance Agreement

During the Semi-Annual Preventative Maintenance visit our service technicians will perform the following items:

• Fuel
  • Inspect Fuel lines and connections
  • Inspect Flexible fuel line
• Lubrication
  • Inspect Oil Level
• Cooling
  • Inspect / Clean Enclosure Louvers
• General Condition
  • Inspect Vibration, noise, leakage, temp
• Battery
  • Inspect / Clean remove corrosion, ensure dryness
  • Inspect / Clean and tighten battery terminals
  • Inspect charge state
  • Inspect / Replace Electrolyte level
• Battery Cable
  • Inspect remove corrosion, clean and tighten
• Outside Enclosure
  • Clean and apply conditioner and wax
• Engine and Mounting
  • Inspect corrosion inhibit spray to engine
• External Connection Box
  • Inspect Tighten terminals
  • Inspect for proper operation
  • Inspect control wiring connection
• Electrical Systems
  • Inspect No load output voltage
    • Inspect Line to line – 240 volts
    • Inspect Line to neutral – 120 volts
    • Inspect Line to ground – 120 volts
  • Inspect Grounding conductor
  • Inspect Earth ground
  • Inspect DC control fuse
  • Inspect Battery charge fuse
  • Inspect Auto/off/manual switch
  • Inspect Levelness of generator

Additional items during 12-month preventative maintenance include:

• Lubrication
  • Replace oil
  • Replace oil filter

• Engine and Mounting
  • Inspect / Replace Air cleaner
  • Inspect / Replace Spark plugs

Annual Preventative Maintenance Agreement

During an Annual Preventative Maintenance visit our service technicians will perform the following items plus the above listed items:

• Fuel
  • Inspect Fuel lines and connections
  • Inspect Flexible fuel line
• Lubrication
  • Inspect Oil level
  • Replace Oil
  • Replace Oil filter
• Cooling
  • Inspect / Clean Enclosure louvers
• General Condition
  • Inspect Vibration, noise, leakage, temp
• Battery
  • Inspect / Clean Remove corrosion, ensure dryness
  • Inspect / Clean and tighten battery terminals
  • Inspect Charge state
  • Inspect / Replace Electrolyte level
• Battery Cable
  • Inspect remove corrosion, clean and tighten
• Outside Enclosure
  • Clean and apply conditioner and wax
• Engine and Mounting
  • Inspect / Replace Air cleaner
  • Inspect / Replace Spark plug(s)
  • Inspect corrosion inhibiting spray to engine
• External Connection Box
  • Inspect and tighten terminals
  • Inspect for proper operation
  • Inspect control wiring connection
• Electrical Systems
  • Inspect No load output voltage
    • Inspect Line to line – 240 volts
    • Inspect Line to neutral – 120 volts
    • Inspect Line to ground – 120 volts
  • Grounding conductor
  • Earth ground
  • DC control fuse
  • Battery charge fuse
  • Auto/off/manual switch
  • Levelness of generator

Franklin Electric Specialists are qualified to perform regular routine maintenance on all standby  generators from single to parallel systems.