Beta Marine Beta 28 Operator's Maintenance Manual page 29

NORMAL STARTING
BETA CONTROL PANEL ABVW - KEYLESS (WITHOUT KEYSWITCH)
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This panel controls the engine with three water resistant
push buttons instead of a keyswitch, and is less prone to
damage and corrosion from sea water spray.
To operate the engine: with the engine out of gear, set
1
speed control lever to /
3
1. Press and hold 'HEAT' button for ten seconds
maximum.
• Red lamp for 'no starter battery charge' should
illuminate.
• Red lamp for 'high engine temperature' should not
illuminate (when engine is cold / cool / warm). This
lamp will only ever illuminate if the engine is over
temperature.
• Red lamp for 'low oil pressure' should illuminate.
• Green lamp for panel 'power on' should illuminate.
• Buzzer should sound.
throttle.
2. Press 'START' button and hold in position until engine
fires (see initial start-up section for maximum time
starter can be operated). Release button (when engine
has started)
• All red warning lamps should extinguish and buzzer
should stop sounding. The oil pressure lamp may take a
few seconds to switch off and the charge fail lamp may
remain on until engine rpm is increased to approximately
1,000 rpm if the engine was started on tickover.
• Green lamp for 'panel power on' should still function.
3. To stop the engine press the 'STOP' push button, hold
in until engine stops. This button also switches the
power off to the gauges, engine and 'power on' lamp.
4. To re-start the engine, simply repeat steps from '1'
above, there is no need to switch battery isolators off
whilst remaining on board.
5. If leaving the boat, isolate start battery from engine
and panel, to prevent accidental start up of engine and
stop power leakage.
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