First intermittantly ground. then it stopped grinding. Started again after smacking it a few times, but now it stopped grinding again.
Perhaps remove the hopper (top) and inspect to see if a buildup of very fine compacted grounds as accumulated. knock the stuff loose.
We have one that is about 3 years old. First he timer part stopped
working so you'd have to hold the button down to grind, and then the
whole thing just quit. I opened it up (screws under the rubber feet)
and found two problems on the circuit board: first, there was a
capacitor which had
broken a leg, which I re-soldered back on. Second, I resoldered the timer chip as it looked like it had some bad joints.
I am guessing a lot of these units seffer from simmilar problems due to the intense vibrations the thing has to withstand.
Our Cuisinart DBM-8C would barely operate with the Start button held down and not at all with the timer function. Cleaning it thoroughly made no difference. I suspected the 100uF 16V electrolytic capacitor on the circuit board had gone bad as they are a common electronic component to fail in any electronic circuit. I changed the capacitor for a new one (available at an electronic parts store or online) and the burr mill now works like new.
Glad I found your post. Opened mine up and looked at 16v 100uF capacitor on circuit board but appeared OK. Will order one and hopefully have mine up and operational once again.
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My grinder completely stopped. Remove the chamber that holds the grinds and clean out the opening where the grinds enter the chamber.
mill starts to grind and immediately stops.
stopped grinding
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