Alarms

Alarm Codes and Troubleshooting

Alarm

 

 

 

 

Code

Alarm Problem

When Active

Cause

Solution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Performance Alarms

 

R4B

Ratio High B (Overdose B),

Spray

B Dosing valve not closing.

Perform Pump Test to test for

 

system delivering too much B

 

 

leakage. See Pump and Meter-

 

component.

 

 

ing test in manual 312359.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loosen valve packing nut.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check air signal at valve top

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repair valve or air solenoid.

 

 

 

 

See Replace Solenoid Mod-

 

 

 

 

ule, page 32.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No B restriction at mix manifold.

Increase B Restriction by turn-

 

 

 

 

ing B restrictor stem clockwise.

 

 

 

 

See Adjust B Mix Manifold

 

 

 

 

Restriction in manual 312359.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pump filter plugged on A side.

Clean filter. See manual

 

 

 

 

311762.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use alternate 30 mesh screen.

 

 

 

 

See manual 311762 for part

 

 

 

 

number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inlet air dropping below 80 psi

Check air filters. See Air Con-

 

 

 

(0.55 MPa, 5.5 bar) while spray-

trols, page 40.

 

 

 

ing. B dosing valve not closing

 

 

 

 

Use larger air hose.

 

 

 

correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use larger compressor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use smaller gun tips or less

 

 

 

 

guns to reduce flow rate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solenoid air regulator set below

Adjust air regulator.

 

 

 

80 psi (0.55 MPa, 5.5 bar)

 

 

 

 

 

 

R1B

Ratio Low B (under dose B);

Spray

B dosing valve will not open.

Check for air signal to valve.

 

system delivering not enough

 

 

 

 

 

B mix manifold valve closed.

Open green mix manifold valve.

 

B component.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pump filter plugged on B side.

Use alternate 30 mesh screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See manual 311762 for part

 

 

 

 

number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clean B pump outlet filter. See

 

 

 

 

manual 311762.

 

 

 

 

 

REC

System detected five R4B

Spray

See R4B or R1B alarm causes.

See R4B or R1B alarm solu-

 

(ratio high B) or five R1B

 

 

tions. Flush mixed material if

 

(ratio low B) alarms within five

 

 

necessary, and purge off-ratio

 

minutes. Sprayer shuts down

 

 

mixed material in hose.

 

for five minutes to resolve

 

 

 

 

problem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FHA

System detects pump move-

Spray

Recirculation valve or dosing

Close or repair recirculation

FHB

ment (fluid flow) when valves

 

valve open or leaking for more

valve, and run Pump Test. See

 

are closed.

 

than 5 seconds.

Pump and Metering test in man-

 

 

 

 

ual 312359. See Mix Manifold

 

 

 

 

Assembly, page 42.

 

 

 

 

 

R2D

Dosing sizes are not opti-

Spray

Dosing valve is operating near

Adjust mix manifold B restrictor

 

mized.

 

high or low timing limits.

stem clockwise or counter

 

 

 

 

clockwise as indicated by bar

 

 

 

 

graph on restrictor screen. See

 

 

 

 

Adjust B Mix Manifold Restric-

 

 

 

 

tion in manual 312359.

 

 

 

 

 

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