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Hi I need a wiring diag for GMC shs2400 garden shredder. Unit jammed and I took off lid . This pulled a couple of wires out of main switch and I am unsure which goes to which. Thx
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Paper shredders have a main switch and a couple of safety switches, the first of these is the one buried in the slot so the cutters are only moving when sheet paper is inserted and this switch has a very light return spring and flimsy linkage that easily jammed with paper scraps or easily displaced or sometimes it gets broken. The other switch prevents operation unless the unit is standing squarely on a container. Now my shredder is a few years old the unit has to be repositioned a couple of times before the latter switch engages.
The units benefit from being taken apart periodically and the buildup of dust and paper sraps cleaned out and maybe a brief spray of a dry lubricant around the moving parts.
Hello, I'm afraid i cannot help you to tell you where each specific wire goes first because the wire colors mean nothing without sources and destinations but i can tell you this:Each wire has an elastic memory so that the shape it had before you opened it should remain the same. This means that you can deduce where each wire goes. Also you should have an electrician do the connections as there could be some voltage/amperage issues.
There are 4 terminals on the back of the switch, numbered 13 / 23 and 14 / 24. Terminal 24 is the neutral wire from the cut off switch. Terminal 14 is the live wire from the mains. Terminal 13 is the brown live wire which comes out of the choc block with a black wire. Terminal 23 is the other brown wire that comes from the choc block.
Teeth underneath lid are jammed; sometimes (especially after a long session) although the papers go through, debris builds up and can get caught in the teeth; to clear unplug and with tweezers or a tina flathead screwdriver, pull out shreds of paper still caught
Motor is overheated; once cool, try it again (move switch to reverse to see if motor is still working). If motor is working, see Step 1 for a jam; some jams can be cleared by running it in reverse. Royal doesn't recommend "long" shredding sessions. My unit recommends sessions of 20 pages or less. If you try to overwork the shredder, it will overheat and in some cases, fry the motor.
I hope this helps answer your problem. Best of luck! Greg
Hi,
Thank you so very much for going into so much detail about my shredder that wouldn't pull paper thru it. You were SO NICE to do all that & I sincerely wish I could send you a picture of the wiring. HOWEVER, I threw it away months ago when I got no answer to my problem. Guess I'm not patient enough :-) I sincerely appreciate your reply and wish that I could help you out. If I still had it, I'd just mail it to you :-)
I have the same shredder with a different problem. Maybe we can help each other.
It sounds like you have paper jammed in the shredding mechanism. I've cleaned paper jams out of mine quite a few times. The first and most important step is to make sure the shredder is unplugged. Hold the unit up to look through the shredding slot. Some of the openings between the opposing shredding wheels will be filled with paper. Using a small screwdriver (narrow blade at least 3 inches long) you can gently push the paper through. It works best if you can us a pair of needle-nosed plyers to pull the paper out the other side. It takes patience, but it works. Good Luck.
My problem is that after I opened mine up, I turned it over to shake out shreds of paper. When I did this, the entire works fell out of the case and all of the wires disconnected from the 3-way switch. Can you look in yours and describe how the wires are connected to the 8 contacts on the switch. (a digital photograph would be GREAT!
I used needle-nose pliers and regular pliers to pull out all of the jammed paper -- it took an hour but I finally got it. I never did find a release mechanism even after I took the top apart. Thanks anyway!
The actual switch will not fall apart. There is a black part that is integral with the switch itself. This is about 1/4" to 3/8" wide, and can only be seen from inside the unit. Then there is a plastic piece that is part of the top shell. The hole in the plastic piece has to fit over the black part of the switch, so when the plastic piece is moved, the switch on the inside of the unit will move with it. SO, center both parts, and put them together. If you actually took the switch itself apart, you would have needed a soldering iron, and there would be no purpose for doing this.
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