5.2 Malfunction list
Motor component
Motor does not work
Motor protection
switch always turns
itself off
Motor heats up
Motor runs
very slowly
Motor vibrates
Motor makes very loud
running noises
Clipper head
Upper plate does not
move
Upper plate does not
move over the entire
contact surface
Blades cut badly
Blades do not cut
Clipper head
gets very hot
Cause
- No current
- Cable defective
- Switches or motor defective
- Motor protection switch off
- Rotor or pole ring defective
- Blades blocked
- Motor protection switch
defective
- Air filters clogged
- Supply air covers clogged
- Shear blade tension too high
- Rotor or pole ring defective
- Carbon brush used up
- Rotor runs untrue
- Bearings are worn out
- Fan wheel broken
- Bearing defective
Cause
- Transmission defective
- Eccentric worn
- Eccentric shaft defective
- Upper blade or lower blade are
blunt
- Blades haven't been sharpened well
- Shear blade tension too low
- Eccentric defective
- Transmission defective
- Clipper head worn out
- Shear blade tension too high
- Shear blade and/or eccentric wit-
hout lubricating film
Troubleshooting
Check socket and fuse
* Have replaced by specialised workshop
* Have replaced by specialised workshop
Turn motor protection switch on
* Have replaced by specialised workshop
Repair blockage
* Have replaced by specialised workshop
Clean air filters
Clean or replace supply air covers
Tighten tension screw less. Replace the
blades, if they then don't cut anymore
* Have replaced by specialised workshop
* Have replaced by specialised workshop
* Have replaced by specialised workshop
* Have replaced by specialised workshop
* Have replaced by specialised workshop
* Have replaced by specialised workshop
Troubleshooting
* Have replaced by specialised workshop
* Have replaced by specialised workshop
* Have replaced by specialised workshop
* Have specialised workshop resharpen
blades
* Have specialised workshop resharpen
blades
Increase tension with tension screw
* Have replaced by specialised workshop
* Have replaced by specialised workshop
* Have replaced by specialised workshop
Reduce shear blade tension, poss.
resharpen blades and relubricate
with SAE 30 HD oil
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