CX312A6 Eagle Timer trouble
CX312A6 Eagle Timer trouble
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Hi, my name is Mario James, and I'm a mechanical engineer. I've got two Eagle Timers (CX312A6) that I bought thinking they were new (great external condition) but were actually made in 1987. I need to time a mixer process (bakery). Mixer is wired delta wye, so I have a pair of timers. My problem is that the timers don't work. The batteries which I suppose hold up the volatile memory that stores setpoints and such has stood up for twenty years (still getting rated voltage, Rayovac Lithium BR-2325-BA) but I can't get the keypad to work, it is totally locked out. But they do turn on, and I can set ranges via the dipswitches on the circuit board: it even counted when I first turned it on, to some setpoint that was stored before. The keypad is just locked out. The dealer locally (who I did NOT buy these from) told me that there was a password that needed to be entered, but the manufacturer said no, that it was a frequency problem - we get 50Hz locally (Kingston, Jamaica) but it turned out that that wasn't it either. Of course there is no warranty to get. I can't even take the thing apart to look at it, to see if the membrane pad needs cleaning. Anyone out there with experience with these timers, before I hack them to pieces?





RE: CX312A6 Eagle Timer trouble
http://www.eagle-signal.com/content.aspx?id=65
About midway down, under "Mid-Range Preset Electric Timers, There is a listing for a CX300 Solid State Timer. This is a PDF download instruction manual for your timer.
To keep things short, Kill the power to the timer and then remove the battery, this will clear the memory of everything. Including the "Keypad Lock Mode"
They're pretty good timers. I've used them in some pretty severe invironments.
Good luck
Ed
RE: CX312A6 Eagle Timer trouble