I purchased an Maxant 3100p 9 frame electric extractor last spring. I only used it twice. Tonight I set it to harvest a little honey and it won't spin fast enough to spin the honey out. I only put three frames in so it's not unbalance....Does anyone have a clue as to what I need to do?
Angie
Quote from: sweet bee on April 28, 2014, 10:00:15 PM
I purchased an Maxant 3100p 9 frame electric extractor last spring. I only used it twice. Tonight I set it to harvest a little honey and it won't spin fast enough to spin the honey out. I only put three frames in so it's not unbalance....Does anyone have a clue as to what I need to do?
Angie
Assuming that there is nothing in the extractor slowing it down like a blown out frame or honey high enough to touch the basket, it is probably a problem with the motor or the bearings.
Check to see if it can spin freely. The bottom of the shaft may have some honey that dried up making it too hard for the motor to turn. This is my best bet. Take it apart and clean the area where the shaft sits.
It could be the controller. With no frames in it, plug the motor directly into the extension cord. It it is still slow, it is not the controller.
Make sure there is not something between the basket and the wall.
Let me know what you find .
Jim
needs grease? if you washed it thoroughly maybe you washed the food grade grease off of the moving parts? not sure about the maxant extractors so i'm just guessing.
my manual needs to be oiled with FGMO.
Not trying to insult your intelligence but, do you know most extractors has a speed control? That would be my line of oversight.
Call Jake at Maxant!
A lot of good ideas, one of them should fix it.
Jim
Thank you for all of the responses! My husband noticed that a screw was out of the collar (I guess it holds the shaft) He was able to fix it! PHEW! Crisis adverted! LOL
Angie
Quote from: sweet bee on April 30, 2014, 05:53:18 AM
Thank you for all of the responses! My husband noticed that a screw was out of the collar (I guess it holds the shaft) He was able to fix it! PHEW! Crisis adverted! LOL
Angie
It figures, the one thing no one mentioned was the problem. :-D
Jim