Top 5 Truck Scale Problems

Causes of Service Calls and Repair Costs

Junction boxes
These small boxes cause big problems. They must
be opened to calibrate and service the scale, allowing
moisture and other debris to eventually compromise the
sensitive connections and circuitry inside. No matter how
well-sealed these boxes are designed to be, they remain
the most frequent cause of scale problems.
Load cells
Conventional analog load cells are known to
have a limited lifespan in a vehicle scale. A
dead load cell can be tricky to diagnose and
expensive to replace, requiring a laborious
procedure that includes recalibrating the
scale.

Cable failure
Cables can be damaged as a result of failed
Lightning anti-rotation features that allow the load cell
Moisture
A single lightning strike can cause devastat- to slowly spin, wrapping the cable around the
Rain, ice, snow, and humidity are the enemy
ing damage to load cells, cables, junction cell, and pulling on the cable. Rodents also
of many scale components, causing harm to
boxes, and the scale terminal, even in scales have a habit of testing load cell cables with
the load cell connections.
with substantial grounding features. their teeth.

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