YP3025A
Troubleshooting
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2019-06-12
401-705M
Seed Delivery Troubleshooting
Problem
Cause
Solution
Single row doesn’t fill
or keep up with other
rows.
Y tube is bent/angled off feed pipe.
Loosen pipe and spin so the bend is straight down and
Y-tube is not pointing to front or rear of air pipe.
Drop tube to meter is too long, causing
seed to pool and plug hose or Y-tube.
Shorten hose (with Planter raised, but row units
lowered, to ensure hose is not too short).
Both rows on one
meter outlet low or not
keeping up with other
rows.
Blockage in air slot in top of airbox.
Clear by using a long skinny tool and taking hose off
through hose outlet.
It may be necessary to take top off airbox or use side
access doors to clear junk from slot.
Bad hose routing between delivery hose
and airbox on wing.
Correct hose routing.
Multiple rows fail for
lack of seed.
Fan speed too high/too low.
Check/adjust fan speed.
Out of seed.
Add seed.
Single or multiple
hoses plugging just
ahead of airbox.
Fan speed too high/too low.
Check/adjust fan speed.
Possible air leak.
Check for air leak downstream between box and top of
meter.
All rows fail.
Lack of seed.
Fan speed too high. Adjust fan speed.
Extremely high populations may require slightly
reduced field speed.
1, 2, 3, or more outlets
fail.
Outlets can be
side-by-side or
random. Plugging
may also move from
one outlet to another.
Foreign matter in seed chamber in bottom
of airbox.
Clean out seed chamber.
Little or no seed to
a lot of rows with
heavily treated seed.
Seed treatment sticky.
Add Ezee Glide Plus to seed to dry out seed
treatment.
Treatment mixed unevenly and plugging
outlets.
Clean out seed. Re-mix.
General Troubleshooting
Problem
Cause
Solution
Population
Alarms
Population Troubleshooting Charts
Excess Seed
Remaining
Population Troubleshooting Charts
Field size different.
After ruling out population problems, re-check geography.
Excessive gaps between Planter passes. Adjust marker, page 174.
Seed
Consumption
Too High
Population Troubleshooting Charts
Field size different.
After ruling out population problems, re-check geography.
Excessive overlap.
Irregular shaped field.
Adjust marker, page 174.
Rows Not
Planted
If not detected by seed monitor, check for
plugged row-unit seed tube
Lift Planter, expose bottom of seed tube and clean out.