Starting And Stopping - Beta Marine Beta 10 Operator's Maintenance Manual

NORMAL STARTING
BETA CONTROL PANELS - ABV, A, AB, B AND C DELUXE - WITH KEYSWITCH.
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To operate the engine: with the engine out of gear, set
speed control lever to 1/3 throttle.
1. Turn key anti-clockwise to 'HEAT' position and hold for
fifteen seconds maximum.
2. Turn key clockwise to 'RUN' position. At this stage the
instrument panel should illuminate:
• Red lamp for 'low oil pressure' 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 'no starter battery charge' should
illuminate.
• Red lamp for 'no domestic battery charge'. Only fitted
with panels AB and C and will illuminate only if 2nd
'domestic' alternator is fitted.
• Green lamp for panel 'power on' should illuminate.
• Buzzer should sound.
3. Turn to 'START' position and engine will motor, hold in
position until engine fires (see initial start-up section
for maximum time starter can be used).
4. Release key (when engine has started) to 'RUN'
position.
• 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
1,000rpm if the engine was started on tickover.
• Green lamp for 'panel power on' should still function.
• If the 'charge fail' lamp remains on then "blip" the
engine speed up to 2000 rev/min and it will go out (split
charge relay drain).
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