Page: 1 of 16 GenTent™ StormBracer™ Product Installation and Safety Manual Free Installation Tip Videos www.GenTent.Com/Installation THANK YOU Congratulations on your purchase of the GenTent™, the first ever wet weather safety canopy specifically engineered for portable generators. We are proud to provide this high quality, Made in the USA product and be a participant in the renaissance of USA Manufacturing.
Page: 2 of 16 IMPORTANT PRODUCT SAFETY ................................................................................. 3 Limited Three Year Warranty............................................................................................ 4 Package Contents ............................................................................................................... 5 Installation Overview .........................................................................................................
Page: 3 of 16 IMPORTANT PRODUCT SAFETY Please review these important safety warnings, cautions and notes in order to assure safe and effective use of your generator in wet weather. WARNING Always shut generator off before any fueling or maintenance procedures. WARNING Never position the refueling door on the same side of the generator as the exhaust muffler. Spilled gasoline can result in fire. WARNING Never block or cover the generator exhaust muffler in any way.
Page: 4 of 16 Limited Three Year Warranty What is Covered This warranty covers any defects in materials or workmanship of the GenTent™ Safety Canopy under normal use in winds up to sixty mph and snow loads up to eighteen inches, with the exceptions stated below. How Long Coverage Lasts This warranty runs for three years from the date on your GenTent™ product receipt.
Page: 5 of 16 Package Contents This package includes everything required to install the GenTent model that you have purchased on your portable generator: If you purchased a GenTent 10K (product code begins with GT10K): 1 – Product and Safety Manual 1 – GenTent™ 10k Canopy or 1 – GenTent™ 20k Canopy 1 – Short side Electrical Skirt 1 – Long side Electrical Skirt 1 – Central Connector with vent rod 4 – Fiberglass frame rods 4 – GenTent Clamp main body 4 – GenTent Clamp rubber sleeves for 1” and 1 ¼” round tub
Page: 6 of 16 Installation Overview The GenTent installs in three easy steps***: Clamp it: Install 4 clamps and set the telescoping rod length. Frame it: Install frame rod to the center connector, then into the correct hole in the telescoping rod and repeat. Cover it: Slide the GenTent canopy over the frame and secure by sliding the elastic straps over and behind the clamp telescoping rod.
Page: 7 of 16 Install GenTent Clamps on Generator Frame 1) Determine whether the Rubber Sleeve and/or Rubber Pads are required Your GenTent Clamp kit includes 4 rubber sleeve adapters and 8 sticky backed rubber pads. Depending on the diameter, you will use one or both of these with your clamps. Please see the following matrix: A (1 inch) B (1.25 inches) C (1.
Page: 8 of 16 1a) Rubber Pad Installation (if required) Test fit the pad into the clamp: - The pad goes on the inside rounded parts of the clamp opening as shown - Orient the pad so that the long side aligns with the height of the clamp - Test fit the pad inside the clamp opening as shown. Peel and Stick the pad into the clamp: - Peel the backing paper from the pad – Take care when peeling the backing so the glue does not come up with the paper backing.
Page: 9 of 16 2) Assemble Clamp parts (if required) If your clamps came unassembled, please follow these simple steps. It is very important that the washer always be used between the knob and the clamp body. - Slide telescoping rods into clamp bodies.
Page: 10 of 16 4) Set Rod Adjustment Pin - See Easy Adjustment Guide for GenTent 10k or GenTent 20k, depending on your model, below - Measure length and width of generator frame to the outside of the frame members - Find corresponding pin setting number in Easy Adjustment Guide Copyright © 2013 GenTent Safety Canopies, LLC – All Rights Reserved V5 – July, 2013
Page: 11 of 16 Fig. 4-A Fig. 4-B - Following the Pin Setting shown (Fig. 4-A and 4-B), set telescoping rod to proper location and install setting pin Note that the rod location for setting 0 and 1 are the same, all the way in (Fig. 4-A). Use the inside frame rod hole for setting 0 and the outside frame rod hole for settings 1-4.
Page: 12 of 16 Install GenTent Frame on the GenTent Clamps - Position Central Connector with vent rod up (fig. 5-A). - Position side holes so that the shortest distance between holes matches the short side of your generator. Note: Each frame rod goes into the Central Connector hole first and then into the corresponding clamp hole - Insert a fiberglass frame rod into Central Connector hole until it stops (fig. 5-A).
Page: 13 of 16 Secure GenTent Canopy over GenTent Frame - Position GenTent canopy opening over frame. Be certain that the fueling door is not on the same side as the generator exhaust (fig. 6-A). Slide GenTent canopy over the frame so that all four corners are generally equal and level (fig. 6-A). Center GenTent canopy such that Vent Rod is centered under the top cap (fig. 6A). Fig.
Page: 14 of 16 - If your electrical outlets are on the short side of the generator, select the short electrical skirt; otherwise select the long electrical skirt. Only use one skirt! Flip the canopy overflap up from corner to corner on the side that is over the electrical outlets (fig. 6-C). Align the electrical skirt so that it extends equally around each corner and press in place (fig. 6-C). Flip the overflap down and over the electrical skirt (fig. 6-D). Fig.
Page: 15 of 16 Important GenTent Usage Tips Electrical Skirt Tips - The optional clear vinyl skirts for the GenTent 10k and the GenTent 20k electrical skirts can be stacked together for double height (Fig. 6-E) by connecting the top of one skirt to the bottom of the other skirt. Use this as needed for the skirts to completely cover the electrical outlets Fig. 6-E Note: The intent of the electrical skirt is to cover the electrical outlets in the front and slightly around the sides.
Page: 16 of 16 GenTent Accessories and Spare Parts Catalog The following Accessories and Spare Parts are available for purchase online at www.gentent.com.
