![]() ![]() It didnt seem jammed up, we cleared of any thing and it was feeding well from the hopper. But the spinner plate barely moves, maybe just like a quarter turn. When we tested, it seems like the motor is firing, can hardly hear it. When we opened it up the battery level indicator had no bars. I didnt realize any of this though until Saturday when I went to reset the timer. I was wondering why we stopped seeing stuff on the cellular trail cam. So we got one of these in AUG but this last week it stopped throwing corn. I wish I would have done that this weekend, I didn't think about it.Ĭould use some troubleshooting help here. I will continue to update if anyone is interested. As long as it continues to work, I will be OK with this. Only problem with it on the medium setting, it throws a small amount outside of the pen. If not, It will be hard to fix with it full of corn. I cleaned it out again and bumped the power up to the medium setting and tested it until the ground was gold with corn. After I tested it, the motor bogged down again. The corn was piling up around and under the spin plate to where it wouldn't allow the motor to spin. I tested it again and the motor was laboring to spin and finally just stopped short of the complete feed spin time. On the second trip out after the initial set up, when I tested it, it worked as it should but something didn't sound right. This one is set up on the lowest setting as well and kept all the corn inside the feed pen. Again, setup was fairly simple and we had it going in no time. I did not attach the square tubing or use T-post to secure it. I also attached the vent on this one to protect the motor as well. Second feeder is located inside a feeder pen. I have had zero issues with this feeder throwing corn up to this point. I have it set up on the lowest "power" setting and it throws corn at a minimum of 10 paces in every direction. I assume once it gets empty, the pigs and/or cows will push it around pretty easily. This also allowed me to have a good anchoring point for T-post. I also attached a piece of 1" square tubing with 1/4" bolts on the open side of the legs in order to keep medium-larger sized pigs from getting under it. I did this mainly to keep the coons from doing their gymnastics routine off the motor and wiring. If a pig got mad enough at it, I think they could get it off. I saw on another forum, where a member bought a air vent from Home Depot and attached a lid to cover the exposed motor. The first feeder is set up without a pen. I assume the solar panel is working as it should. However,the battery shows a full charge every time I have checked it. The solar panel is located on the lower corner of one of the sides. I think if I ever have to replace it, I will go back to The Timer. I like "The Timer" better than this one, but it seems to keep good time to this point, and is simple enough to set up. Comes complete with everything but the battery. We used corn out of an existing feeder the first time around, but I will say that it is close to that number. Here is my review after the first couple of months. They definitely have a few minor design flaws, but I think I have addressed those as well as I could. Most importantly, I liked the price point, $399. We were looking for a stand and fill only and I like the fact that they are 12V motors and do not require a varmint cage of any kind. I did as much research as I could before buying, because like others, we were concerned with the quality. I was only looking to get one, but a couple weeks later, we bought another one. So, we have ventured out and bought a couple of these. ![]()
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