9.Look in the Drying Charts section in the back of this manual for the DRY AND COOL chart settings that correspond to your model of dryer. You will see the settings for (Initial Moisture) (Moisture Removed) (Approx. Dry Time) (1 Speed) (2 Speed Low) (2 Speed High) pick the line that has your initial starting moisture. These are the settings we will be referring to during this start up procedure.
10.Run the bottom fan(s) and heater(s) (to be used for cooling later) for about 20 minutes. This will start the bottom drying so we can cool it before we begin to discharge grain.
11.Take the remaining number of burners to be started, divide that into the total drying time required, working up, start each burner that many minutes apart. Run them about 10% longer than the (APPROX. DRYING TIME) total required for the moisture you are trying to dry.
12.Example: 10% removal would be about 60 minutes, 15% removal would be about 85 minutes, and 20% removal would be about 110 minutes. Add 10 minutes to insure that the grain is dry.
13.After the required drying time turn the bottom heater (OFF) cool this section for about 20 minutes. Set the upper plenum thermostats to the decreed temperature
14.Turn the UNLOAD to 1 SPEED and set the METER ROLL SPEED (HIGH SPEED). to the setting for 1 SPEED operation. Run time for this is about 10% longer than the (APPROX. DRYING TIME) required for the moisture you are trying to dry. This allows the moisture in the dryer to reach an even gradient top to bottom without having any highs or lows in it. It will however, over dry some of the corn a little.
15.DO NOT TRY TO ADJUST THE DRYER FOR MOISTURE DURING THIS PROCESS OR YOU WILL ESTABLISH HIGH AND LOW SWINGS IN THE MOISTURE CONTROL. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS TO WORK ITSELF OUT.
16.After the run time in step 14 you are ready to set up the moisture control. Now turn the MOISTURE CONTROL to the ON position. Set the temperature to about 130 deg.
17.Turn the UNLOAD to 2 SPEED. Set the METERING ROLL SPEED, LOW SPEED and HIGH SPEED. to the settings listed for them. Let the dryer run on these settings before trying to adjust moisture or meter roll settings. These settings will not have your grain moisture adjusted to exactly where you want it, but it will be a good starting place to adjust from. A little different moisture at the bottom of the storage bin is not usually a problem as long as you have full floor aeration.
18.After the run time in step 17, you are ready to adjust the moisture control and the meter roll speeds if required. Each time you make an adjustment to the moisture control it will take about the time shown in drying charts to see the results of this adjustment.
STAGED BATCH DRYING MODE
Continuous-Batch Operation
1.Turn the control power switch to on.
2.Make sure the DRYING MODE switch is turned to STAGED BATCH.
3.After the date and time appear, press the button.
4.Open the main fuel supply valve on the tank if using LP gas, or the valve in the fuel supply line if using natural gas. Turn on the Maxon electric shut off valve, if so equipped, or open the manual shut off valve to allow fuel flow to the dryer.
5.The dryer should already be filled with grain. Turn the LOAD AUGER switch to AUTO. In both the auto and manual position, the grain level switch will automatically keep the dryer full of grain. In the auto position the dryer will shut down after the preset time period on the out of grain timer, or if the grain flow to the dryer is interrupted.
6.Turn each FAN switch to AUTO. The fan will start, and the switch will light up when air pressure is de- tected.
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