
It’s not as strong as you are! On the other hand, if it pulls out and pushes in easily, the problem is definitely in your power feed.”Ĭustomer (After some delay): “You’re right! I can’t budge it. So, if you can’t pull the snake out by hand, then for sure the power feed isn’t going to be able to do it either. You see, symptoms like yours are often the result of the cable being stuck or kinked inside the drum, and have nothing to do with the power feed. Can you remove the power feed from the unit and see if you can pull the cable out or push it in by hand?”ĭrain Brain: “Yes sir. Are you at a jobsite right now?”Ĭustomer: “Of course! And I can’t get the snake to feed in or out.”ĭrain Brain: “All right. It worked like a dream right up until the stroke of midnight.”ĭrain Brain: “It always is. The typical power feed conversation goes like this:ĭrain Brain: “I’m very sorry for your loss sir, was it a long illness?”Ĭustomer: “Nope, quite sudden.

Because of that, it’s worth describing here. Because the ability to answer power feed questions are essential to understanding how drum-style machines function, it’s one of the first subjects drummed into our new Drain Brains during their basic training.


One of the more popular mechanical questions routinely served up to General’s customer service department has to do with our power cable feed devices.
