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| TROUBLE SHOOTING | |
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| CORRECTION |
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| Grain is high on |
| a. Spreader is not hung level. |
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| one side of bin. |
| b. Grain is not hitting the center of the baffle |
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| c. The baffle is too high causing the grain to slide off one side. |
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| d. The flow of grain is not adequate to fill the center hopper, |
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| see instructions for cone baffle hopper. |
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| Grain is high at the |
| a. Slide gate is open too far. |
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| b. Check to make sure spreader is running. | |
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| center of bin. |
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| c. Grain is overflowing the main hopper - raise center baffle | |
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| or slow grain flow rate. |
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| Grain is low at the |
| a. Slide gate is not open enough. |
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| center of bin. |
| b. Slingers on pan are set too far out. |
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| Grain forms “donut” |
| a. Slingers on pan are set too far out (grain is hitting the wall |
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| and bouncing back). | |
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| a few feet from wall. |
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| b. Open slide gate to fill center of bin. | |
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| c. Spreader model is not adequate for bin size. |
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| a. Spreader pan is turning the wrong direction: Pan should |
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| Grain not getting |
| turn clockwise when viewed from the top. |
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| b. Rubber drive wheel is slipping - replace if badly worn. | |
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| all the way to wall. |
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| c. Spreader is hanging too high in the center of the bin. | |
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| d. Spreader model is not adequate for bin size. |
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| Spreader swings |
| a. Hanging chains are not installed correctly - they should |
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| when starting. |
| be equally spaced and positioned as in Figure 2 of |
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| installation instructions. |
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| Spreader does |
| a. Rubber drive wheel may be slipping due to excessive |
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| not run. |
| moisture or broken motor mount spring. |
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| b. Motor overload may have tripped. It will reset auto- |
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| matically after the motor has cooled. |
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| c. Blown fuse or circuit breaker. |
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| d. Too much voltage drop. See Table A for proper wiring |
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| size. |
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| Spreader pan slows |
| a. Spreader pan is turning the wrong direction: Pan should |
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| down when loaded. |
| turn clockwise when viewed from the top. |
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