Welcome to all ! I am here to help all farmers with their grain drying needs. With over 25 years in the grain drying and grain handling industry I come with a special set of skills to make your life a little easier during the harvest season. I hope to provide you with a place to get answers for you grain dryer repairs and service. I have worked on most brands Sukup, Farm Fans, Butler, Caldwell, Stormor, Airstream, GT, Tox-o-Wic, Delux, American, Jelco, Long ,Mid States, SuperB, Neco and Vertec to name a few.
In the coming days I will go over maintenance and preseason of grain dryers, drying rates, test weight and other comparisons. I will also be able to help locate some hard to find grain dryer repair parts
I am ready to field any questions you may have just drop me a line.
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Hi Lee,
ReplyDeleteQuestion about grain dryer: We have a Caldwell 28 inch (ILCH28) propane inline (behind the fan) low-temp heater. Hasn't been used in years.
We tried firing it yesterday, it almost seems to work. It will run through a purge cycle for about half a minute, then open the fuel valve and put on the ignition light. After about 5 seconds it seems to just give up - the ignition light goes off and no flame. I can see pressure on the gauge (which drops once it gives up). It won't try to light again unless I cycle power to it.
Any ideas on what could be broken? What could I check?
Thanks!
Mike
Mike
ReplyDeleteFirst check to see if there is any spark as soon as the purge cycle comes on. It could be any thing from a bad ignitor(spark plug) to the ignition wire or the ignition transformer. IF the burner lites and goes off after a few seconds it is most likely the flame probe or the wires to the flame probe (Rodents seem to find wires very tasty). Your safety circuit is working, as the purge light is on. I can also provide you with caldwell part numbers if you need them.
Thanks for reading my grain dryer repair blog
i a have vertec 5600 and i need some advice on how to convert to propane from natural gas
ReplyDeleteJerald, do you mean Liquid Propane or will you attempt to operate it in a warm climate on propane vapors. In the upper states and Canada we need to use L.P. (Liquid Propne) to be able to provide enough BTU's to get the plenium temperature to an operable level. Do you know if you have a Maxxon burner or a Vertec burner?. As a general rule the pipe train and orfices are smaller than on natural gas. If we are converting to L.P. we will need a vaporizer, a vapor high limit switch, a liquid solenoid, pressure relief valve,liquid shut off valve, fuel strainer and a few fittings and lines. As you can see there is more to this conversion than just hooking up a line. Most manufactures offer a conversion kit. I suggest you contact a nearby dealer to help with this project. If you are unable to find a nearby dealer just drop me an e-mail graindryerguru@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great question
Hi Lee
ReplyDeleteWe're happy to find your page!
We live in Hungary(Eastern Europe), and going to buy a portable grain dryer. We have a chance to buy a used Neco 1260, or a Delux dryer.
We don't have any experience, so write us please, which dryer works better( energy consumption, dry grain quality...)
Please answer as fast as you can, we must make a decision!
Best Regards
Tibor
Hello i have been looking all over for a bottom boot for a Tox-o-wic corn drier and was wondering if you had an idea on where i could find one?
ReplyDeleteHi I am a smaller farmer would be drying 40-60k bu per year, I have a JLCO 3T/16 that I own but have not set up yet, I also know where I can get an American dry about the same size, I have both single and 3 phase power available, I have a good knowledge of electrical and the mechanical parts of a dryer but very little on the propane part, I have the operators manual for the JLCO dryer but a mouse ate the center out of the wiring diagram so and cant seem to find a diagram any where every one I talk to tells me the JLCO is inefficient and junk but the neighbor that had it before me, since new, said it was a very good dryer, any ideas on which way to go or should I look for a small continuous flow dryer vs an auto batch
ReplyDeleteWhat would cause an ignitor to form a carbon hair/bridge between electrode points? Sukup heater if it makes a difference. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi, I have a small 8 foot long Vertec drier similar to a 3600 but older. I bought it used and can't get the flame to stay lit.. I have checked the air switch and it seems to work. It will light at low fan speed and go out at full speed. I did get to run for 1 hour after a difficult start. Now I can't!
ReplyDeleteDo you know what size orfices ( hole size in the orfuce) were used in a vertec dryer on propane using the vertec circle burner . We bought a dryer on natural gas then bought another vertec dryer for the propane valve train and burner as well as additional teirs . The orfice that it mentions in the manual are missing .
ReplyDeleteHi, looking for operating manual for JLCO pro-8-w batch grain drier. Hoping wiring diagram is in it. Thanks
ReplyDeleteWe have a sukup single fan dryer. Ran it for half the fall to do small grains and soy then switched to do Corn. Since corn all we have had is trouble. Currently we are experiencing wild plenum temp swings and propane flow shut off. cannot figure out the problem.
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ReplyDeleteJust bought a Grainking continuous dryer (vertec). Model #GKD300. It didn't come with a manual and I'm having some trouble finding one or were to got on. Any information would be great.
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ReplyDeleteHi Lee, I have a caldwell axial flow fan and burner. I am having trouble getting the burner to cycle correctly as it starts and then won't re-ignite unless I have the pressure turned way up. Then it will fire a smaller flame for about 30-40 seconds and then kick in with a bigger flame. It will not fire at all with the pressure set at where it should be. I have replaced the regulator and the solenoids but nothing seems to help. Any ideas? thanks, Mark.
ReplyDeleteHi I have a old mayer morton and it won't spark I think it's the coil that the spark plug wire comes from will a coil of a car work
ReplyDeleteLooking to see if building a heat recovery off a MC 375 dryer will help in dryer performance. Also putting on better moisture control system for more even feed on the dryer
ReplyDeleteI have a FFI AB8 that I would like to convert from NG to LP.... parts needed? Vaporizer, solenoids? Anything else?
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