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Date: 11 Aug 2006 14:09:54
From: edspresso
Subject: GENE Coffee Roasterm - HELP
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I set up my Gene this morning to do some roasting and the drum got stuck and
won't turn. When the motor is on, it goes "click-click". And, there is an
error message, E3, for which the explanation on the Gene website is:
Chamber rotation detected,
Irregular rotation
Reed S/W broken
The roaster is fairly new, first used in June and probably only used 3 or 4
times at most.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Ed
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Date: 11 Aug 2006 07:39:26
From: Tim
Subject: Re: GENE Coffee Roasterm - HELP
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Is it cold in the room you are roasting in?
I have heard of drum roasters bind up before because of this.
If the room you are in is cold then the outside of the machine can
shrink a bit, and then when the drum heats up it expands and gets
stuck.
I don't know about your particular roaster, but you could try again
after the whole machine comes up to temp.
Hope this helps,
Tim
edspresso wrote:
> I set up my Gene this morning to do some roasting and the drum got stuck and
> won't turn. When the motor is on, it goes "click-click". And, there is an
> error message, E3, for which the explanation on the Gene website is:
>
> Chamber rotation detected,
>
> Irregular rotation
> Reed S/W broken
>
> The roaster is fairly new, first used in June and probably only used 3 or 4
> times at most.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Ed
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Date: 11 Aug 2006 14:44:13
From: edspresso
Subject: Re: GENE Coffee Roasterm - HELP
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Thanks Tim,
No, it is a beautiful 70 outside and the roaster had been out for about a
half hour before I put the drum into it. And after I first had the problem,
I did wait for everything to cool down and get to ambient temp again.
Ed
"Tim" <tim@timothyblue.com > wrote in message
news:1155307166.468604.258980@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Is it cold in the room you are roasting in?
>
> I have heard of drum roasters bind up before because of this.
>
> If the room you are in is cold then the outside of the machine can
> shrink a bit, and then when the drum heats up it expands and gets
> stuck.
>
> I don't know about your particular roaster, but you could try again
> after the whole machine comes up to temp.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Tim
>
>
> edspresso wrote:
>> I set up my Gene this morning to do some roasting and the drum got stuck
>> and
>> won't turn. When the motor is on, it goes "click-click". And, there is
>> an
>> error message, E3, for which the explanation on the Gene website is:
>>
>> Chamber rotation detected,
>>
>> Irregular rotation
>> Reed S/W broken
>>
>> The roaster is fairly new, first used in June and probably only used 3 or
>> 4
>> times at most.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ed
>
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Date: 12 Aug 2006 17:00:18
From: Jim_F
Subject: Re: GENE Coffee Roasterm - HELP
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Any luck Ed?
My GC might be from the same run of machines. I hope this works out for
you (he said selfishly)
-Jim
edspresso wrote:
> I set up my Gene this morning to do some roasting and the drum got stuck and
> won't turn. When the motor is on, it goes "click-click". And, there is an
> error message, E3, for which the explanation on the Gene website is:
>
> Chamber rotation detected,
>
> Irregular rotation
> Reed S/W broken
>
> The roaster is fairly new, first used in June and probably only used 3 or 4
> times at most.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Ed
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