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Trouble Shooting Guide
The ready light will not come on after 55 minutes, so the motor will not run even though
the wax is melted.
This is very rare, but can happen the first time you use Speedcote due to a thermostat in
the machine being impacted during shipping.
A slight adjustment is needed on the motor thermostat. Contact your local dealer and
they will email you the instructions. Once you make the correct adjustment, you should not
need to do it again.
The wax is melting, but not getting hot enough.
Not enough power coming into the Speedcote due to too many items plugged into the
same outlet or using a poor grade extension cord. Also, make sure the temperature knob has
not been moved to the left, lower than the 11:00 position.
Remove other items from outlet. Also see if you can plug directly into outlet instead
of using the extension cord. If you must use a cord, it needs to be heavy gauge.
Smoke coming out of wax in tray or very strong odour.
The Speedcote is running too hot. It is not unusual for the Speedcote to run hotter in
your premises than in our quality control room due to voltage variations. Also, running the
motor for long periods of time will heat up the wax significantly.
turn the temperature knob slightly to the left. If you are at the 1:00 position, turn it to
12:00. If at 12:00, turn to 11:00. The Speedcote takes around 30 minutes to reset the overall
temperature.
One of the major reasons for poor coating is the wax being too low in the tray. There are two
steps in the front, left of the tray with the bottom step being the “add” level and the top the
“full” level. You must keep the wax well above the add level and up to the “full” level as much as
possible. This is the first thing you should check.
The first ½ of the paper comes out with a good coating, but the last ½ is streaky.
The wax level in the tray is too low. Also your coater may be on an unlevel surface so
the back of the machine is higher than the front. The wax level in front looks full, but there is
less wax in the back under the coating roller so it does not pick up enough wax.
Level the front of the coater by placing shims under the front feet
