Eclipse Manual
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The Revolution Pot – How to deal with a jammed pot.
What can cause the pot to get jammed?
a – A foreign object gets stuck in the Drum as it
rotates through. For this to happen, the
object must first make its way through the
Auger system in the hopper. Most likely it
would jam the auger, but is some instances it
could end up in the pot.
b – The Drum rotates while it is full of unburned
pellets. If this happens the dividers in the
drum could get stuck on the pellets as that
section of the drum rotates through. It jams
when the pellets get stuck behind the
dividers on the back side of the pot, where
the Ash and Clinker material exit the pot.
How to fix the problem if it happens?
Figure 22
First unplug the unit
and use a vacuum to clean out the fuel or ash in the pot. To clear a foreign
object, may require reversing the motor by hand. Figure 1 shows how to access the area where
the Switch and Revolution gearmotor are located.
Figure 23
Keep an eye on the switch lever
shown in figure 2. It eventually will
end up against the end of the notch
shown in figure 3. Rotating any
further will then bend the lever and
potentially damage the switch.
