Baldor PC Series, Installation & Operating Manual

Appendix B

Special Information for California

Special Information for California B-1

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Information in this Appendix applies only to products operated in the state of California. 

LIMITED WARRANTY ON EVAPORATIVE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEMS

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CALIFORNIA ONLY 

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) and Baldor Generators (herein ”Baldor”) are pleased to explain the Evaporative Emission

Control System (EECS) warranty on your model year 2006 and later generator. In California, new generators must be designed, built

and equipped to meet the State’s stringent anti

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smog standards. Baldor must warrant the EECS on your generator for the period of

time listed below provided there has been no abuse, neglect or improper maintenance of your generator. Your EECS may include parts

such as the carburetor, fuel

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injection system, ignition system, catalytic converter, fuel tanks, fuel lines, fuel caps, valves, canisters,

filters, vapor hoses, camps, connectors, and other associated emission

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related components. Where a warrantable condition exists,

Baldor will repair your generator at no cost to you including diagnosis, parts and labor for the time period set forth below. 

BALDOR EVAPORATIVE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM DEFECTS WARRANTY COVERAGE

This evaporative emission control system is warranted for a period of two (2) years, subject to the provisions set forth below.  If any

covered evaporative emission

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related part on your equipment is defective, the part will be repaired or replaced by Baldor.

OWNER’S WARRANTY RESPONSIBILITIES

As the generator owner, you are responsible for performance of all the required maintenance listed in your owner’s manual.  Baldor

recommends that you retain all receipts covering maintenance on your generator, but Baldor cannot deny EECS warranty claims solely

for the lack of receipts.  As the generator owner, you should however be aware that Baldor may deny you warranty coverage if your

generator or a part has failed due to abuse, neglect, or improper maintenance or unapproved modifications. You are responsible for

presenting your generator to an authorized Baldor service center as soon as the problem exists.  The warranty repairs should be

completed in a reasonable amount of time, not to exceed 30 days from the date of delivery to the authorized Baldor service center.

If you have a question regarding your warranty coverage, you should contact Baldor 

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 Generator Technical Support at

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479

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646

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4711.

CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS CONTROL SYSTEM WARRANTY COVERAGE

Baldor warrants to the ultimate purchaser and each subsequent purchaser that the generator is: (1) designed, built and equipped so

as to conform with all applicable CARB EECS regulations; (2) free from defects in materials and workmanship that cause the failure

of a warranted part to be identical in all material respects to that part as described in Baldor’s application of certification to CARB; (3)

the warranty period begins on the date the generator is delivered to an ultimate purchaser or first placed into service. The warranty

period is two years.

Subject to certain conditions and exclusions as stated below, the warranty on EVAP emission

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related parts is as follows: Any warranted

part that is not scheduled for replacement as required maintenance in the written instructions supplied, is warranted for the warranty

period. If the part fails during the period of warranty coverage, the part will be repaired or replaced by Baldor at an authorized Baldor

service center at no charge to the owner. Any such part repaired or replaced under warranty will be warranted for the remainder of the

EECS warranty period. Any warranted part that is scheduled only for regular inspection in the written instructions supplied is warranted

for the EECS warranty period. Any such part repaired or replaced under warranty will be warranted for the remaining EECS warranty

period.  Any warranted part that is scheduled for replacement as required maintenance in the written instructions supplied is warranted

for the period of time before the first scheduled replacement date for that part. If the part fails before the first schedule replacement,

the part will be repaired or replaced by Baldor. Any such part repaired or replaced under warranty will be warranted for the remainder

of the period prior to the first scheduled replacement point for the part. Notwithstanding the provisions herein, EECS warranty services

or repairs will be provided at designated service facilities to service the subject equipment. The generator owner will not be charged

for diagnostic labor that leads to the determination that an EECS warranted part is defective, if the work is performed at an authorized

Baldor service center. Baldor is liable for damages to other Baldor generator equipment components proximately caused by a failure

under warranty of any EECS warranted part. Throughout the EECS warranty period, Baldor will maintain a supply of EECS warranted

parts sufficient to meet the expected demands for such parts. Any replacement part may be used in the performance of any EECS

warranty maintenance or repairs and must be provided without charge to the owner. Such use will not reduce the warranty obligations

of Baldor. Add

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on or modified parts that are not exempted by the California Air Resources Board may not be used. The use of any

non

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exempted add

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on or modified parts by the ultimate purchaser will be grounds for disallowing warranty claims.  Baldor will not be

liable to warrant failures of warranted parts caused by the use of a non

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exempted add

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on or modified part. This limited warranty does

not cover any part which malfunctions, fails or is damaged due to failure to follow the maintenance and operating instructions provided

with the generator.

EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS CONTROL SYSTEM WARRANTED PARTS

: The repair or replacement of any warranted part otherwise

eligible for warranty coverage may be excluded from such warranty coverage if Baldor demonstrates that the generator has been

abused, neglected, or improperly maintained, and that such abuse, neglect, or improper maintenance was the direct cause of the need

for repair or replacement of the part. That notwithstanding, any adjustment of a component that has a factory installed, and properly

operating, adjustment

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limiting device is still eligible for warranty coverage.  Parts covered under the California Evaporative Emissions

Warranty are (1) low permeation fuel lines and fittings.