What's the little black button for? Someone gave me this spinner and I don't have the instructionsAlso - how many times do you pump it?Thanks!
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I usually hit the spin button at least 5-8 times. The little black button is the break to make it stop spinning. Once you've stopped, then take the lid off, lift the basket and drain the water from the bottom of the bowl. Then repeat until there isn't any more water coming from the fruit/vegetable that your spinning.
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The little black button is to release/lock the pusher, so it won't take up so much space. Just spin your salad until the leaves are dry, or not dripping with water, so that the dressing will stick and not be watery.
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The button is a spinner "brake" to stop the basket. Pump it three or four times. What ever it takes to get going.
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Hi. I'm not sure if it should move on you??? I have to manually spin mine. It doesn't just spin easily. My guess is something is loose or there is a defect. I hope this helps.
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Hi Diane, honestly, I don't remember, gave it to my grandson and it didn't last long. The plastic spinner broke and he is not rough with things. Good luck. Jo Ann
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I would first start by double checking the condition of the Pumping unit before attempting any use. 1. Disassemble the Pump assembly where the magnetic fins spin. You should be able to remove the magnetic/plastic fanblade assembly. There is either a metal/plastic stick with two rubber tips used to help dampen any vibrations. If the pump wasn't taken care of, or "ran dry" for too long, the magnetic fan assembly may have warped making disassembly more difficult. 2. if all goes well, and you can in fact pull the pump's magnetic fan assembly out, or can freely spin it within the pump housing assembly, then you can try priming the unit by filling the canister. (do this outside or where overflow water will be caught) 3. I have just over filled my unit, and while waiting for the pump to start sucking in water, I've closed the "Out" hose valve. applied generous pumping of the prime button, then reopened the Out hose valve. This creates suction thus if no water is coming into the "In" hose valve you may have a obstruction. Make sure the canister is full of water before starting it up, made a huge difference in how long I waited for the water to begin flowing. The top half of the pump assembly itself needs to have some water in it, because to me, it seems like it doesn't do jack squat unless there is water in it. I'm not a major fan of the Cascade series pumps, but when it comes to customer service the manufacture I contacted directly helped me out in a pinch. There is a science to the Priming aspect of getting the unit going. I've noticed leaving the "Out" valve at the half off position, while priming, this helps pressure build up as the "In" hose begins to fill with water. The sudden opening of the "Out" valve causes the built up pressure to pull enough of that collected water in the "In" hose to make it to the pump assembly, and voila. it freaking starts working. ..after 30 minutes of trying"
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I agree with pat replace batteries with new alkaline batteries I have had trash in my shelled corn which will jam the spinner plate also had husk accumulate under the spinner plate which also kept it from starting it doesn't take much to keep the spinner from starting Also don't depend too much on the battery meter
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No I didn't. Its been running for two weeks now. I like how them motor shaft is not in the open and the cover for the strainer backet is easy to open. At the price, I considered it to be a throw away if it breaks. If it was a $300 pump, I would be a bit more concerned with a warranty.
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Buy a smaller electric Black and Decker 30 dollar pump, where you can set the pressure. Turn it on, and let it go. It takes a long time ...at least 30 minutes. The hand pumps take forever.
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what you are suppose to do is continuously pump the pedal it will spin as long as you push it you dont just push it then stop you keep pushing it and it will continue to spin
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The same thing happened to me with the first one I had so I eventually got another one and it works great. It clicks after only a few pumps.
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We had our first spinner almost one year and then it just stopped. It is a sealed unit and not something that can be easily disassembled. We could not find anything that could be repaired, so we bought another one. It has worked great for almost 4 months. It must have direct sun to work.
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If it isn't clicking then you have a defective vacu vin. I love mine & it works very well. It does not take 50 pumps to work. Send it back and request a replacement.
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Hi Doris, I'm not sure if i can be of help, we only made it once. But, we put the sugar in the lowest,center small part of the spinner. I'm wondering if when your sugar gets down into that part that's the only sugar that becomes spun web. Try putting your whole spoonful down in there and wait a little bit to see if it becomes web like. It was hard to see the webs form they are so light and airy. Hope this helps. It does take a little time for the sugar to start doing what it's supposed to.
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Hello, Akshay. I'm happy to help. First, please make sure your batteries are in place and are installed correctly. They can be accessed from the BACK of the engine by removing the small screw with a Phillips screwdriver. As far as turning the train on, hold the engine with the front facing left. You will see 3 wheels at the bottom of the train. Look just above the 3rd wheel to the right and you will see a small black switch. This turns the train on and off. My model has a small sticker with a red arrow pointing left just above the on/off switch. I hope this helps. Alan
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Thought it would be easier to just copy and past my review rather than have you hunting for it. "I purchased one of these pumps last year. I thought it had burned out and I purchased a new one just this month. I thought (after one week of use) that this one burned too. I decided (since I thought it was junk) to take apart the old one to see if I could get it going again. The instructions say to clean out a pinhole and the illustration makes it look like the pin hole is on the motor. I took a wire brush to the hard motor piece because it looked like calcium build up. Put it all back together and it still didn't work. Then I took apart the newer one. That's when I realized that the pinhole is NOT on the hard motor piece but on the plastic case that the motor sits in. That hole was plugged up with pine needles. Cleaned it up real well and it's working like new again. Then went back to the old one - found the pin hole - cleaned it out - and back in business again with two awesome pumps!"
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I ran it in reverse. Otherwise my husband took it apart and it worked for a little while. Then I bought this new one. I see there should be oil on a piece of paper every once in a while. I just learned that. I found a nice on the internet after I bought this one for about the same price and does the same thing at either Walmart or Meijer.
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You have to spin it yourself. It's a basic banding wheel. While mine needed a bit of grease, otherwise, it spins very smoothly and very evenly.
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You will see on the instructions the "why" -- it doesn't fully inflate the first time -- you are just inflating it to a firm touch -- and you will wonder "why so small"? On the second time -- next day it will inflate much more -- and then needs one final step. There is a hand pump that comes with these exercise balls that you can use on the final time if you prefer.