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Vinny26 posted:

...I have tried to adjust the station but the vibrations are not strong enough to move the carts.   The vibrator gets hurt to the touch.   Any ideas?

If mechanical adjustments reach a dead-end, could vibrator be defective?  A replacement is $6.

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If there is an internal "short" in the coil this would lower its electrical resistance and consume more power for a given voltage.  This could explain the hot.  It also seems a compromised coil would have less vibratory action.  If you have a meter it appears you can directly measure coil resistance at connection points A and C on the diagram.  Of course someone else would need to step up and provide a reference value if this is not a published parameter.

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