Molift Smart 150 - Troubleshooting Common Issues; Problem Diagnosis and Solutions

BM09201 Molift SMART 150 English - Rev C1/08/10 Page 15 of 20
Troubleshooting
Faultsonliftersthatdonotfunctionastheyshould
after assembly (page 5) or after the pre-use check
hasbeencompleted(page7),canbelocalizedus-
ing the troubleshooting table below.
Symptom Possible cause/action
The lifting column
is wobbly
The lifting column is not correctly
positioned in the chassis or the
locking handle is not fully locked
/
verify position of lifting col-
umn and locking handle acc. to
mounting instructions on page 5.
The lifting column can not be
correctly tted / faulty safety
mechanism in chassis, contact
local representative for service
The lifter moves
unevenly on a
plane surface
The castors move unevenly be-
cause of pile and dust / clean
castors as described on page
16.
Fault in the leg spreading mech-
anism / contact local representa-
tive for service.
The lifter only
moves in one di-
rection - either up
or down
Hand control has failed / test
with another hand control and
change if defective.
The control electronics has failed
/ contact local representative for
service and use manually emer-
gency lowering, where neces-
sary
The lifter runs out
of control
Short circuit between hand con-
trol and lifter / clean hand control
plug surfaced with alcohol to re-
move grease
Defective hand control / replace
hand control / contact local rep-
resentative for service
The control electronics has failed
/ contact local representative for
service
Symptom Possible cause/action
The lifting arm (lift-
ing motor) does
not move
Emergency stop button is acti-
vated / turn button clocwise to
reset emergency stop, see p. 9
Battery is empty / change to a
new battery or recharge battery,
see page 10
The control electronics of the lift-
er is overheated / Leave lifter to
cool down, see page 10
The lifter is overloaded / make
sure the load does not exceed
150 kg, see page 9
The hand control cable is un-
plugged / reconnect plug
Hand control has failed / replace
hand control / contact local rep-
resentative for service
Defective control electronics /
contact local representative for
service
Battery does not
recharge
Faulty battery / try another bat-
tery / replace battery
Faulty battery charger / try an-
other charger / contact local rep-
resentative for service
If you have access to more than one lifter, it may
be helpful to change parts across lifters to help
identifyanyfaults.Forinstance,ifyoususpectthe
fault to be inside the hand control, exchange the
hand control with at functional one from another
similar lifter to see if the problem is xed.
If you are not able to solve the fault or problems
by yourself using this manual, please contact lo-
cal authorised service representative. If you do
not know whom to contact locally, please contact
your dealer or Molift Group AS to get help.