Maintenance; Troubleshooting Chart; Troubleshooting And Repair - Yardbird 21833 Manual Del Operador

the bird and keeps hands cool.
3. Mixing dish soap with the scald water allows the hot water
to penetrate to the skin. Birds have oil on their feathers
and breaking down the oil allows the hot water to get to
the skin. The hot water relaxes the muscles holding the
feathers in place.
4. Change the scald water when it gets dirty and/or oily.
5. The birds should go directly from the scalder to the pluck-
er. The more time between the two steps allows rigor to
set in and the wings and legs will shield portions of the
bird if they get too stiff.
6. For poultry, use the largest feathers to test the scalding
process. Once the largeset feather can be pulled out easily
by hand, the plucker will rapidly remove all of the feathers.
Large feathers are on the wings and tail.
7. If the plucker is ripping the skin of bird, the bird was scald-
ed too long or the scald water is too hot.
8. The Yardbird can handle up to two eight pound birds at
the same time.
9. There are many resources for killing, scalding, and evis-
cerating on the internet. One technique does not fit the
needs of every user and over time you will hone the pro-
cess to your needs.
10. Waterfowl are much more difficult to pluck than poultry.
However, waterfowl have been plucked successfully with
the Yardbird plucker.
Waterfowl are extremely oily and require more soap in
the scald water to break down the oil. Unlike poultry, test
feathers on waterfowl should be pulled from the regions
that hold feathers fast (breast and pelvis).
When plucking waterfowl, monitor the build up of oil
in the scald water. Change the water or add dish soap
accordingly.

TROUBLESHOOTING AND REPAIR

In the event you experience trouble operating your plucker, follow the suggestions in the troubleshooting guide in this section. The guide
will help you pinpoint the causes of common problems and identify remedies.
In case of a service problem, DO NOT send unit back to retailer. Contact Yardbird, at 800-345-6007, Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm.
PROBLEM
Unit will not start
* Please contact 800-345-6007 for service parts
Check for parts online at www.yardbirdpluckers.com or call 800-345-6007 M-F 8-5

MAINTENANCE

Cleaning
Clean chicken plucker after every use.
To clean chicken plucker:
1. Run the plucker for two minutes with the irrigation ring
on. This will flush most of the feathers on the plate and in
the feather pan out of the unit through the feather chute.
2. Disassemble tub from feather pan. Remove feathers and
debris.
NOTE: Water and bleach are recommended as cleaning
agents.
3. Tip remainder of unit away from user and spray water
under feather plate to remove any feathers or debris be-
tween the feather plate and the feather pan.
4. Disassemble feather plate, inspect area around shaft and
clean out feathers and debris.
NOTE: This step only needs to be done once a year.
• The Yardbird has no belts and the motor and the gearbox
are sealed and maintenance free.
• Whenever the feather plate is disassembled (once a year)
grease the shaft with a food grade grease so that the
feather plate can be disassembled with ease the next year.
• Inspect natural rubber plucker fingers for cracks and tears.
Replace with Yardbird plucker fingers.
• Even though the plucker is designed to run outdoors,
exposed to water and sunlight, it is best to keep the unit
stored indoors or covered. This will preserve the life of the
rubber fingers and motor components.
DANGER
KEEP HANDS OUT OF FEATHER CHUTE. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CLEAR FEATHERS OR OTHER DEBRIS
FROM FEATHER CHUTE WITH THE UNIT PLUGGED IN.
UNPLUG THE UNIT BEFORE CLEANING OR REMOVING
FOREIGN MATTER, SUCH AS BIRD HEADS, FROM THE
PLUCKER.
REMEDY/ACTION
• Reset GFCI
Turn toggle switch to the ON position
•
• Be sure magnet in tub is poitioned over magnetic read
swtich on feather pan.
NOTE: Magnet must be adjusted close enough to mag-
netic read switch in order to function properly.
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