I have an All Seasons stand and fill Feeder. The Timer ("The - Timer" it says on it - tried to add a picture) is making a funny sound and motor won't spin. When i hit "test", it seems to work on the screen (counts down), but when it counts down to zero, the actual timer buzzes once or twice. At first, I thought it was the motor, but holding the timer, it definitely vibrates and where the sound emanates. I also noticed it had its own AA batteries in it (original) so thought that might be an issue, but screen shows its fully charged. Anyone else had this experience or know fix? Thanks
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It is your feeder battery. There is enough to power the screen, but not enough juice to spin the motor. OR...the motor has gone bad (I have only seen this on our units that flooded). Every other time, it has been a dead main battery.
Personally, I put new 12v batteries in all of my feeders at the beginning of every season to prevent a battery dying when I’m not there.Last edited by CastAndBlast; 06-11-2018, 09:31 AM.
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Yes how is the feeder battery?....when hooked to the feeder battery, I am pretty sure it overrides the Timer AA. The AA is just there to keep the clock going when unhooked.
The top line that looks like a AA battery is the internal battery gauge. The second dark line under it is the feeder battery gauge. Shows low here.
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It could be the motor as well. I had one this weekend that would work sometimes but not all the time. Under test the red light for motor would come on when it wouldn't go off. Spinning the motor shaft sometimes got it to work.
It wasn't the battery. I switched them but didn't fix the problem. Switched timer and had the same problem as well.
So I changed out the motor and it seems to be fine now. I guess the motor had some places where it wouldn't start.
I think I noticed under test the red motor light will not light up when everything is good. I assume if it lights up the motor is bad.
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