Cleaning out air system – Great Plains YP1220 Operator Manual User Manual
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Refer to Figure 65 (which depicts a demonstration meter with
a transparent housing)
4.
Install the 817-529C Flow Gate
tion as the meter slide, but without springs.
5.
Secure the Flow Gate with the retaining pin and cot-
ter pin supplied with the Flow gate.
6.
Install the rice wheel.
Cleaning Out Air System
1.
Shut off sliding door at bottom of seed box or bulk
hopper.
2.
Place a pan or tarp under the manifold to catch the
seed.
3.
Open manifold door to empty seed from the mani-
fold.
Note: If needed, additional access doors are provided.
4.
Shut door under manifold.
5.
Turn on the air fan and let it run.
Shut off the gates at all of the Y-tubes.
7.
Start at one end of planter and open the meter clean
out door for the end row-unit. Place a bucket under
the meter to catch the seed.
8.
Open the Y-tube gate feeding that meter. Let the air
blow seed out of the meter. Keep the meter open for
a couple of minutes after the seed stops blowing out.
9.
Close the Y-tube gate feeding that meter. Close the
meter clean out door.
10. Repeat procedure on the next meter in line. Continue
with this procedure until you have reached the oppo-
site end of the planter.
Figure 65
Install Flow Gate
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Figure 66
Y-Tube Shut-Off
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