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Postby UFGators on Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:46 am

Thanks for your help,

unfortunately I am at work now so I dont get to mess with it until later. What should I look for? I have a bad feeling that the control button is somehow messed up. I will take pics and post them. I have only had the grinder for 3 months so I am surprised this is happening. I would appreciate any more words of wisdom.
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Postby fredfal on Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:49 am

Since the grinder is so new, you may want to wait until Monday and call the vendor before doing anything that may be seen as "warranty voiding".
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Postby UFGators on Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:34 am

shadowfax wrote:Take off the hopper, set down a towel, and turn the grinder (unplugged!) over on the towel so it's upside down. take off the legs (they unscrew) and, if it's there, the big flathead screw between the front legs. Now you can set the grinder on its side, holding the bottom plate to the body as you do, and then carefully pull the bottom plate away, careful not to pull any wires apart. Have a look for yourself. Any apparent damage to the wiring? Anything obviously wrong? If you have a camera, snap some photos.

It's fairly unlikely that the motor is shot, and more likely that it's a wiring problem, or a control problem.


Strange thing happened, I took the bottom of the grinder off, didnt see any wiring problems, but it still would not run. Then the grinder would run while lying on its side but not when it was upright. Somehow when I put it back together it magically started working. Sound like a short?
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Postby HB on Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:46 am

UFGators wrote:Sound like a short?

Sure does. If it's under warranty, I'd stop futzing and call the vendor.
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Postby JohnB. on Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:39 pm

If your Mini has the same plastic wiring connector block inside the bottom cover as the SJ you might check that all the wires are pushed fully into the holes & that the screws that hold them in place are tight. Your problem sounds like a loose connection. Be sure to unplug the grinder before attempting this. Also make sure that the screws that attach the ground wires to the bottom cover are tight.
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Postby cannonfodder on Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:32 pm

Here is the Mazzer Kony with the bottom off.

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There are a lot of wires in there and a simple brass screw block for everything to go into. But, being a new grinder, I would look for an exchange.
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