6.8.2
LACTO BACTERIA
If the material is bright yellow and has a sour, foul distinctive smell the problem is lacto bacteria.
Contact the distributor for advice.
The problem with lacto bacteria is not very common but can be hard to overcome. One
solution is to empty the cylinder and perform a new start-up procedure. (The cylinder can
be emptied by a vacuum truck, through the inspection door.)
The other solution is to stop the feeding of food waste add a massive amount of sawdust
(see below) and if possible burnt horse manure and / or finished compost material.
Open the inspection doors and put in a lot of sawdust/pelletised sawdust / burnt horse
manure / burnt compost in order to dry the material inside and introduce good bacteria
which will replace the lacto bacteria.
Replace the inspection door on the cylinder. Rotate the cylinder and mix the sawdust /
pelletized sawdust with the food waste by turning on the electricity using the main switch.
Turn off the electricity using the main switch and open the inspection door again to inspect
the compost material. If necessary repeat the above steps adding more sawdust / pelletised
sawdust until the proper moisture content is reached.
Turn off the machine for 8-16 hours and repeat this procedure 1-3 times until the
temperature has increased and the colour of the material is brown and the smell is gone.
Contact your distributor for support.
6.9
(H) NORMAL TEMPERATURE (50-65ºC) AND HIGH MOISTURE
If the temperature is normal but the material is too wet this is easily adjusted with adding more
sawdust / pelletized sawdust and introducing more air to the material by rotating the cylinder more
often.
Add more sawdust (10-50% increase) with the food waste.
Lower wait time.
Increase number of rotations.
Increase fan-speed.