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VDL (E3.1) 10/2020 Page 168/196
26.2 Simple troubleshooting
DANGER
Fire and explosion hazard due to explosive atmosphere during troubleshooting.
Serious injury or death from burns and / or explosion pressure.
Before performing a simple troubleshooting, make sure that there is no explosive at-
mosphere in the installation area of the chamber or inside the chamber.
Defects and shortcomings can compromise the operational safety of the chamber and can lead to risks and
damage to equipment and persons. If there are is a technical fault or shortcoming, take the chamber out of
operation and inform BINDER Service. If you are not sure whether there is a technical fault, proceed ac-
cording to the following list. If you cannot clearly identify an error or there is a technical fault, please contact
BINDER Service.
Only qualified service personnel authorized by BINDER must perform repair.
Repaired chambers must comply with the BINDER quality standards and pass the required
tests.
Fault description
Possible cause
Required measures
General
Chamber permanently turned
off.
No power supply.
Check connection to power supply.
Wrong voltage.
Check power supply for voltage of
115V or 230V.
Chamber fuse has responded.
Check chamber fuse.
Controller defective.
Contact BINDER Service.
Heating
Chamber doesn’t heat up.
Pressure threshold of 100 mbar
not reached. No heater release.
Wait until pressure threshold is
reached and heater released.
Select suitable pressure setpoint.
Chamber door not properly
closed.
Completely close chamber door.
Door gasket defective.
Replace door gasket,
Pt 100 sensor defective.
Contact BINDER service.
Heating element defective.
Semiconductor relay defective
Chamber doesn’t heat up.
Alarm message “Safety control-
ler” on the controller display
Safety controller has responded:
Inner chamber temperature has
reached the safety controller
value. Safety controller value set
too low or temperature set-point
too high, or error in the heating
system.
Let the chamber cool down.
Acknowledge the alarm on the con-
troller. Check the settings of the
temperature setpoint and safety
controller value. If appropriate, se-
lect suitable safety controller value
(chap. 14.2).
Safety controller defective.
Contact BINDER service.
Chamber doesn’t heat up.
Alarm message “Overtempera-
ture” on the controller display
Safety temperature limiter (TL)
has turned off the heater. Cham-
ber defective.
Let the chamber cool down.
Acknowledge the alarm on the con-
troller and restart the chamber (re-
connect power plug). If the error re-
peats, turn off the chamber and
contact BINDER service.
Set-point temperature is not
reached after specified time.
Chamber door not properly
closed.
Completely close chamber door.
Door gasket defective.
Replace door gasket,
Controller not adjusted.
Calibrate and adjust controller.
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