I've seen a good number of people hop on lifts they weren't familiar with and spend half an hour seeing which knobs, key switches,
foot pedals, and buttons they have to hit in the correct order to get the lift to turn on. Especially the gas/diesel engine lifts and with the many varieties of control panels manufacturers have used over the years on the same models of lifts.
Are you familiar with this particular lift and have used it before?
Is it gassed up?
Had it run out of gas the last time it was used?
Are all of the E-stops pulled out?
Is the key
switch engaged to
enable the
platform controls?
What has happened since it was used last? (e.g. it's been parked
in one spot and you've been troubleshooting, or was it trucked down 100 miles of unpaved roads and maybe had a cable or
fitting come loose?)
Beyond the most basic troubleshooting, lifts are not user-serviceable. If you have a problem, you should
call up your local Genie rental shop and they'll be able to
send you out a tech to help you out. I highly discourage you from tracing wires on your own, as tempting as it may be, and as inconvenient as it may be if you're in a remote region of South Dakota.[/Q
I have the key turned to side control panel and the
e stop out and nothing happens at all. The reason I traced the wires is because mice had chewed through 3 wires on the hydraulic pump. The machine has sat for two years. It started fine before it sat