Fellowes Shredders, How To Fix And Maintenance
If you have some unusual problem with your fellowes shredders in your office, you have to know that your fellowes shredders has a feature for starting and stopping automatically, even if after you finished on shred something, the fellowes shredders will not shut down. So do not worry to return your fellowes shredders to the manufacture, because nothing wrong with it.
Most cases experienced that a shredder that continously runs is not broken, it just needs some fix. Most of fellowes shredders from some products like MBM, GBC, HSM, Martin Yale, and Dahle have 2 little electronic sensors near from the paper entry area. These electronic sensors are created to ping back the signals and made the fellowes shredders enable to turn on when the paper has entered the shredder. And so the sensors will make the machine to turn off once after the paper has in through the slot of entry.
You maybe think that those process above is that simple, but these sensors can be malfunctioned or blocked sometimes. This thing can happen when the things like debris, oil, or paper dust covering the sensors. So the basic idea of command because of those things covered-up the sensors is the paper has entered and makes the shredder running continously. And so the shredders cross and strip-cut the paper more often because of doubled command sensors from the paper entered and because the sensors are covered up.
So now you can fix that little problem with a solution, clean up the thing that covered-up the sensors. A little fix like that can make your fellowes shredders running like a new on, and here we will go detail now:
1. Unplug your fellowes shredders first and find out for the sensors near the area of paper entry. By the time of the middle you are opening the shredders, you will see 2 little things like marbles, these things is the things you have to fix. (Note that if your fellowes shredders has a safety flap over the cut, you have to drop it first before looking for the sensors).
2. So you are now get the sensors, use a cotton or soft things like tissue to mop any paper dust or oil away. And so for any of chunks or debris you can use tweezers or needle-nose pliers.
3. Two simple steps are done, now your fellowes shredders should working without continously run.
In many times, those simple steps above has been solve the problem. You may do that regularly as a maintenance in order to keep your fellowes shredders working good.
If you have shredders that do not have those electronic sensors like home use shredder the deskside shredder, fixing the problem on your own can still be done because fo the mechanical sensors which the machine have. Just like the fellowes shredders, these sensors are located in the middle side of paper entry area but the different is they appeared like small plastic dividers. (Most of mechanical models have white colored sensors, but black or gray could be possible). By the time papers enter the shredders these sensors will be depressed, and it starts shredding. And the machine will stops after the paper’s gone.
In a few times, some paper bits can weigh down the sensors, and make the machine keep shredding non-stop. And for fixing this problem, you can remove the shredders and find the sensors. Use a plier or tweezer to remove debris but do not press it too hard to avoid damaging it.
So that’s it, the fellowes shredder story and experience for fixing the problems. If you can not find the details of fixing the problems, you can help yourself by reading the instruction manual or the manufacturer help.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Joni Esmod is an enterpreneur. He has many experience about any tools for the office requirements. For more information about the products and maintenance please visit: http://fellowspapershredder.net.
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