Employer Mens Room Hand Dryer Hard-starting

Here is link to unit like ours, for sale: https://m.grainger.com/mobile/product/DAYTON-Cast-Iron-5W630

Issue: Dryer blower in mens room
startsup only after multiple presses
of button, or, strong slam of button
or two.

What is causing it to not start after
one press every time? There are
no discussions of this issue with
this blower on line, anywhere.

 

On Fri, 28 Apr 2017 08:42:15 +1000, Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net>
wrote:

Issue: Dryer blower in mens room
startsup only after multiple presses
of button, or, strong slam of button
or two.

What is causing it to not start after
one press every time? There are
no discussions of this issue with
this blower on line, anywhere.

Burnt contacts in the switch, or loose and corroded wiring to it.

Failing armature, commutator or brushes in the motor.

Maybe other things. But that's where I'd look first.

Or just replace it with a paper towel dispenser.....
The towels work without drying your hands on your pants before using
that worthless hand dryer.....

 

[Sjouke Burry]

On 28.04.17 0:22, thekmanrocks@gmail.com wrote:

Here is link to unit like ours, for sale: https://m.grainger.com/mobile/product/DAYTON-Cast-Iron-5W630

Issue: Dryer blower in mens room
startsup only after multiple presses
of button, or, strong slam of button
or two.

What is causing it to not start after
one press every time? There are
no discussions of this issue with
this blower on line, anywhere.

Loose wire, or
broken button, or
damaged motorwinding, or........................

 

[Clifford Heath]

On 28/04/17 08:22, thekmanrocks@gmail.com wrote:

Here is link to unit like ours, for sale: https://m.grainger.com/mobile/product/DAYTON-Cast-Iron-5W630

Issue: Dryer blower in mens room
startsup only after multiple presses
of button, or, strong slam of button
or two.

What is causing it to not start after
one press every time? There are
no discussions of this issue with
this blower on line, anywhere.

Burnt contacts in the switch, or loose and corroded wiring to it.

Failing armature, commutator or brushes in the motor.

Maybe other things. But that's where I'd look first.

 

Thanks Jouke, Clifford:

These machines are so
ubiquitous you'd think
there would be tons of
threads about them, and
service manuals online.

 

[John Robertson]

On 2017/04/27 3:42 PM, Sjouke Burry wrote:

On 28.04.17 0:22, thekmanrocks@gmail.com wrote:
Here is link to unit like ours, for sale:
https://m.grainger.com/mobile/product/DAYTON-Cast-Iron-5W630

Issue: Dryer blower in mens room
startsup only after multiple presses
of button, or, strong slam of button
or two.

What is causing it to not start after
one press every time? There are
no discussions of this issue with
this blower on line, anywhere.

Loose wire, or
broken button, or
damaged motorwinding, or........................

if none of the above then contact the manufacturers' help line!

If cheap knock-off, buy a better quality unit.

John :-#)#

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[Adrian Caspersz]

On 27/04/17 23:22, thekmanrocks@gmail.com wrote:

Here is link to unit like ours, for sale: https://m.grainger.com/mobile/product/DAYTON-Cast-Iron-5W630

Issue: Dryer blower in mens room
startsup only after multiple presses
of button, or, strong slam of button
or two.

What is causing it to not start after
one press every time? There are
no discussions of this issue with
this blower on line, anywhere.

Looking at that image, it looks like a copy/clone/license of another
brand called 'World Dryer'.

A youtube video shows a synchronous motor in the guts of the timer.

World Dryer Hand Dryer - Playing with the Mechanical Timer Switch
(Radio Edit)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQJbZiPl-tA

https://www.amazon.com/WORLD-DRYER-SWITCH-125F-K-W-CLIPS/dp/B011X7XESI

Could the motor be needing some lubrication to overcome starting inertia?

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Adrian C