PARTS FOR ATIVA PAPER SHREDDERS

Before purchasing parts, you may want to troubleshoot the problem with your Ativa paper shredder. Sometimes, the basic methods of troubleshooting and shredder repair will get your Ativa shredder working again. (See Basic Troubleshooting Guide)

Ebay template Manufacturer: Ativa MD Pro 1500 Cross-Cut Shredder- Black 7.1 Gallon 15 Sheet- 800097087 Internal Product ID: 800097087. UPC: The item is in a used condition. It has been tested and appears to be in full working. Overheating is the most common issue with “cheap” shredders. These shredders are designed for light use. If you shred more than a few minutes it gets overheated. We have read many low-cost shredder’s manuals. In which it is mentioned that it has to be left off for 30 to 60 minutes after continuous use of 3 to 15 minutes.

On the other hand, if you cannot find the parts that you need for your Ativa shredding machine, it is sometimes advantageous to replace it.

Because we are always striving to improve our ability to supply the paper shredder parts that you need, we may add Ativa paper shredder parts at some point in the future.

At this time we do not stock parts for this brand of paper shredder on this site.

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Many paper shredder users may face some problems like auto start/stop machine or even after completing shredding, the machine won’t stop. Do you have this kind of problem? Don’t worry it’s not a big deal. It usually happens with many users. Continues running paper shredder and starting or stopping on its own, it looks like alien things. But the solution is not as complicated as it seems to be.

There are two types of paper shredder sensors:

Electronic Sensor, and
Mechanical Sensor

Electronic Sensor:

Automatic Paper shredders come with a sensor that senses the paper whenever we fill in it. This sensor is very handy because it will detect the paper and send the signal to turn it on the shredding machine. Here is how to fix a paper shredder sensor:

1. Unplug the shredder

Safety first, turns off the shredder and unplugged it. Empty the shredder bin. Now look at the paper entry area and try to identify the sensor. It would be at the center of the opening. It will look like marble. This is what we need. Now here is the thing if your shredder has a safety flap, you have to flip over it. Otherwise, you will not find the sensor.

2. Blow air with blower or mouth at the beginning of the shredder blade

Now if you have a blower first use it over the sensor and the blades. The blower will throw away small dust particles and tiny pieces of paper which stuck between blades and on the sensor. This step is optional if you have a blower.

3. Find the sensor and clean it with Q-tip or cotton ball

After that, use Q-tip or cotton ball to clean the sensor from any debris, paper dust, or oil. Use any tiny and sharp thing like a needle or anything else to clean away any large piece of paper strip or debris.

4. It’s Done!

You are good to go. Start the shredder, your shredder would work like a new one.

5. It’s a part of Maintenance

The above steps will solve the problem. This is not only the problem-solving tips; it is a part of the regular maintenance of your paper shredding tool.

Why Paper Shredder Sensor Not Working Properly?

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Nowadays most paper shredder machines are manufactured with Electronic sensors. The main function of these sensors to find the paper for shred. If there isn’t any paper in the slot, it will automatically turn off the machine and save the electricity.

If the shredder is plugged in, the sensor starts working. The sensor starts shooting the signal and detecting it for the paper. Now, this is the place where the problem gets started. If this sensor covered with anything like dust, oil, paper dust, or anything between its signal, it will behave like it detects a paper and starts running shredding motor.

This type of problem can be seen on strip-cut and cross-cut shredders. There are two reasons why this problem can be seen on the cross-cut shredder.

The first reason is that cross-cut shredder creates more paper dust and
the second reason is it needs more oiling, compare to others.

Return to castle wolfenstein os x. Do you have a cross-cut paper shredder and having this type of sensor problem? This is the reason….

Ativa Md 1250 Shredder

If your shredder is a kind of model that doesn’t have an electronic sensor like a small deskside shredder which is design for home use then also don’t worry. You can fix it too, on your own. Like electronic sensor, these type of shredder has mechanical sensors.

This mechanical sensor also located in the middle of the paper tray. It looks like a plastic divider. It will depress when papers are on the tray so that it signals the machine to start shredding. After the shredding completed the depress will be at its place and the paper shredder will stop shredding. Now, the main thing is that how to identify the mechanical sensor? Normally the sensor is white in color, but they could be gray or black.

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Mechanical Sensor:

Now let’s see how to fix the paper shredder mechanical sensor:

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First, unplug the paper shredder and identify the mechanical sensor.
Use a blower if available to give a nice vacuum cleaner to remove dust, debris, or paper dust.
Find tiny and sharp things to clean sticky junk of paper pieces or debris.
Be careful while cleaning it. Don’t too hard on the sensor to void unwanted technical issues.
And that’s done. You have completed your job to clean the mechanical sensor.

Ativa Md 1250 Shredder Overheat

That’s it, mission accomplished. In most of cases, this is the solution. Because this is the most common problem that may be seen with any model of paper shredder. I hope this article may helpful to you. If you still have any issues let me know in the comment. I will be happy to help you.