Flooding At Drum

Flooding at the drum, (excessive dripping at spindle area),is cause by one of two reasons:

1. Level sensors set to high

2. Improper Draining

First check your level sensors for proper adjustment. This procedure is explained in your Manual.

If the levels appear to be correct, check your dump and save (if used) lines. If lines are run incorrectly, they will restrict the flow of solution from the processing drum, causing a incomplete drain.

This in turn will leave solution I the drum thus off setting the capacity of the drum.

First make sure that the ends of the lines are  not under liquid. (Lines are extending to far down in the dump or save containers)

Remove your dump line and replace it with a very short piece of tubing, about 18 inches, and let it dangle over a bucket. Take your largest processing drum and remove the top and insert it in the machine. Fill the drum with water and select " DRAIN " from the plus button on the machine. Repeat this process 4 to 5 times. If the processing drum drains completely at the end of each drain, then the problem is in the way the dump line is run. If the drum does not drain completely, the problem is internal. Something has become lodged in the valve assembly inside the machine. The valve must be disassembled and cleaned out.

Look in the manuel for the location of the valve assembly inside the machine. Remember:

UNPLUG MACHINE AND COVER CIRCUIT BOARD 

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