Chicken Plucker motor stops.

[husqvarna257]

I built a chicken Plucker years ago and it was the bomb. Today it was stalling out on standard size Cornish. It starts fine and the belt is good. It is a 3/4 hp farm duty motor. Do the electric motors need run time to keep them fresh?

 

[J D]

Single phase? AC/DC?
If single phase AC I'd start by looking at the start run switch & caps

 

[husqvarna257]

It's 110 AC and I guess I could explain it better.The motor is running but it is bogged down. remove the chicken and it spins again.

 

[TNTreeHugger]

I know I shouldn't, but I've got to see a picture of this contraption.

Maybe some part of the mechanism is clogged with fine down?

 

[OH_Varmntr]

Did you build a Whiz Bang style? We built one with a 3-phase motor with a variable speed drive on it.

Ours gets feathers built up around the bearings and slows things down and also the belt gets wet every now and then and the same thing happens. I'm sure you've already checked to make sure the shaft, belt and sheaves are clear of obstructions?

No, electric motors don't need run to be kept fresh. Make sure you are keeping the belt properly tensioned and the bearings greased as well.

 

[Oletrapper]

I built a chicken Plucker years ago and it was the bomb. Today it was stalling out on standard size Cornish. It starts fine and the belt is good. It is a 3/4 hp farm duty motor. Do the electric motors need run time to keep them fresh?

If it's induction, you may have lost a phase (coil/windings). If it's a brush motor, your brushes may be dirty or worn to the point of needing to be replaced. Let us know what you find. You can check the windings with an ohm meter. They should all read approx the same. If one is open (-0-) it's bad internally. A new motor will be in order. OT

 

[lone wolf]

I know I shouldn't, but I've got to see a picture of this contraption.

Maybe some part of the mechanism is clogged with fine down?

You asked!
https://www.vevor.com/chicken-pluck...7069&msclkid=e6137a1fb6b0144e729d1c6fc5b56808

 

[TNTreeHugger]

You asked!
https://www.vevor.com/chicken-pluck...7069&msclkid=e6137a1fb6b0144e729d1c6fc5b56808

Ewwww, I'm afraid to look!

 

[lone wolf]

Ewwww, I'm afraid to look!

You prob should not!

 

[TNTreeHugger]

You prob should not!

I believe you. I won't look.

 

[lone wolf]

I believe you. I won't look.

Might leave a scar!

 

[TNTreeHugger]

Might leave a scar!

Idk, I'm getting curious.

 

[TNTreeHugger]

I looked. Nightmares for a month, at least.
At least the chicken was dead before they tossed it in the plucker-bucket. That was a relief - for the chicken, too.

 

[husqvarna257]

If it's induction, you may have lost a phase (coil/windings). If it's a brush motor, your brushes may be dirty or worn to the point of needing to be replaced. Let us know what you find. You can check the windings with an ohm meter. They should all read approx the same. If one is open (-0-) it's bad internally. A new motor will be in order. OT

Well I took a picture of the motor but I hope it's not that. I found the tension pully was rusted and not moving so this weekend I'll grease it all up and hope that was the problem. It is a homemade Whizbang plucker but my phone died before I got a good picture of it.

 

[Philbert]

“I'm not the pleasant, pheasant plucker,
I'm the pleasant, pheasant plucker's son.
And I'm only plucking pheasants until the pleasant, pheasant plucker comes.

Plucking pheasants is a pleasure when the pheasant plucker's near,
But when pheasants pluck at pheasants, then the plucking's rather queer.
So, if I'm plucking pheasants, where the pleasant pheasants roam,
I'll pluck enough for supper till the pleasant plucker's home.

And when the pleasant, pheasant plucker comes,
we'll pluck them side by side,
Through pleasant plains and pheasant fields where pheasants love to hide.”

(several versions of this)

Philbert

 

[TNTreeHugger]

“I'm not the pleasant, pheasant plucker,
I'm the pleasant, pheasant plucker's son.
And I'm only plucking pheasants until the pleasant, pheasant plucker comes.

Plucking pheasants is a pleasure when the pheasant plucker's near,
But when pheasants pluck at pheasants, then the plucking's rather queer.
So, if I'm plucking pheasants, where the pleasant pheasants roam,
I'll pluck enough for supper till the pleasant plucker's home.

And when the pleasant, pheasant plucker comes,
we'll pluck them side by side,
Through pleasant plains and pheasant fields where pheasants love to hide.”

(several versions of this)

Philbert

I knew there had to be something like this out there when I posted "plucker-bucket."

 

[muddstopper]

Ewwww, I'm afraid to look!

My sister bought one of those last year. Once we figured it out it did a great job of cleaning a chicken. One thing we discoverd real quick is it wont do one chicken at a time. It will tear the wings and legs off the bird. Put three at a time in it and it will pluck them clean in just a minute

 

[TNTreeHugger]

My sister bought one of those last year. Once we figured it out it did a great job of cleaning a chicken. One thing we discoverd real quick is it wont do one chicken at a time. It will tear the wings and legs off the bird. Put three at a time in it and it will pluck them clean in just a minute

I was wondering if it broke the joints and tenderized the meat while plucking.

 

[Sidecarflip]

I looked. Nightmares for a month, at least.
At least the chicken was dead before they tossed it in the plucker-bucket. That was a relief - for the chicken, too.

usually are, you cut the head off and let them run around headless and spurting blood for a while. Chickens have pea brains so they don't miss their heads all that much.
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Buddy built on from an old standard washing machine and it worked pretty good. Has to be a top loader however, He really liked the 'spin' cycle for removing any leftover blood. My grandma would cut the head off, let them bleed out for a while and then grab the legs and dip them in a wash boiler of boiling water and then manually pluck the feathers. Used to help her when I was a kid,