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2. Spindle jammed below zero
Contact Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Inc. or your Brookfield dealer for repair
Display Reading Over 100
1. Overrange EEE (in %, cP, and SS)
Change spindle and/or speed
Rheometer Will Not Return to Zero
1. Pivot point or jewel bearing faulty
Perform calibration check, Section 3.3.9 of "More Solutions to Sticky Problems"
Contact Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Inc. or your Brookfield dealer for repair
Display Reading Will Not Stabilize
1. Check for erratic spindle rotation
Verify power supply
Contact Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Inc. or your Brookfield dealer for repair
2. Bent spindle or spindle coupling
Replace Spindle
Contact Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Inc. or your Brookfield dealer for repair
3. Temperature fluctuation in sample fluid
Use temperature bath control
Check probe performance in known fluid (ice water)
4. Special characteristic of sample fluid
Refer to Appendix C
Recorder Pen Moves in Wrong Direction
1. Output polarity reversed
Reverse leads
No Recorder Response
1. Rheometer is at zero reading
2. Recorder is off
3. Output cable leads shorted
4. Recorder is in standby
5. Range setting is incorrect.