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Chapter 7: Troubleshooting
7-1 General Troubleshooting
Problem | Possible Cause | Solution | |
The control panel doesn’t light up | The control panel is not turned | Turn on the control panel. | |
at all | on. |
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| Fuse/circuit breaker in the power | Replace/reset. | |
| drop is blown/tripped. |
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| Control power switch is broken. | Replace. | |
The touch screen display doesn’t | Fuse in display is blown. | Replace. | |
come on when the control panel | Loose wiring to display. | Repair. | |
is powered up. |
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Display is faulty. | Replace. | ||
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A pump package doesn’t run, | The motor overload has tripped. | Reset the overload and check | |
even though it is |
| the motor for the proper amp | |
indicator is lit. |
| draw on tag. | |
| Main fuse in power drop or | Replace the fuse. | |
| optional fused disconnect has |
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| blown. |
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| Motor contact is faulty. | Repair or replace as required. | |
A vacuum receiver is being by- | The vacuum receiver is | Use the controller to put the | |
passed in the loading cycle. |
| vacuum receiver | |
| The convey time for the vacuum | Use the controller to enter a | |
| receiver is set to zero. | longer convey time. | |
| The | Normal operation. Set the switch | |
| switch is simulating a Bin Full | so the vacuum receiver is back in | |
| condition. | the loading sequence. | |
| The | Repair, replace, or | |
| switch is bad or |
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| The vacuum receiver was | Repeat the setup procedure. | |
| assigned to the wrong pump |
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| during setup. |
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Vacuum receivers are overfilling. | Conveying times are too long | Time the vacuum receiver (s) | |
| (Time Fill Mode only). | during loading, and set the | |
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| conveying times to a few | |
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| seconds less. | |
| Maximum conveying times are | Check proximity sensors for | |
| too long, and the PLC does not | proper operation and proper | |
| recognize the Vacuum Receiver | wiring to the PLC. Repair as | |
| Full Proximity Switch(es). | needed. Reset the conveying | |
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| times to a reasonable value, and | |
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| adjust as needed. |
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