20 Most Recent Omnitech 10-Sheet Micro-Cut Shredder Questions & Answers

You may have paper stuck in the blades and its jamming.try forward and reverse to free it up or you may have the head unit on the can faced the wrong way. Pull it out and turn head around and than try. I know on some shredders if the head unit does not fit on the right way it wount push down the safety switch and it wount run.

Strip the currers out and the motor assembly, remove the sensor and replace it with identical item. Re build and test. Or buy a new one, they are not expensive.

Some of these units use plastic gears on the shredders and motors. They can strip or it could be a shear pin on the drive shaft or gears that breaks when something hard is put in the machine.

Be aware when it runs it can hurt you seriously. But in the machine are some security switches. Unplug the device, and lift the shredder part. Then check if nothing is blocked on the down side of the cutter. Check if all security switches are engaged, when you put it together. The top must be closed complete. Just a few mili meter space, can make the machine to stop.

get it repaird by the pep u bought it of

1) pull what you can of the jammed paper out. Make sure the shredder is unplugged whenever trying to work on or in the unit. 2) Then liberally soak the remaining jam with shredder oil and let it sit for 15-20minutes. 3) Try to pull out what you can again. Use tweezers or pliers if available. 4) Then first start the shredder in reverse and then alternate for a few seconds between forward and reverse. 5) If it is still jammed repeat all of the steps as necessary.

You might be able to clean the sensor or LED(?) with a damp cloth. If it is paper dust fuzzing the signal, that might make it work again. If not, it might be a bad sensor or light, or a power problem.

Sounds like a bad or stuck sensor, acting as if it is always seeing a peice of paper in it. Check if you can find it and maybe it is just stuck to the on position..

It should tell you in the manual but i'm guessing it's that it'll not want thick card, dvds or ties in the shredder

Isn't that the one that FatWallet.com was saying Staples was selling for $20 with free shipping? Omnitech 10 Sheet Cross Cut Shredder 19 99 Anyway, If you look on the UL label, there should be a phone number to call. (If yours doesn't have it, call 800-675-4481.) Someone on Amazon had one where the green light came on, but nothing happened. The tech told him the sensor had to be reinitialized. Told him to turn it off, put in a thick paper (birthday card thickness) and turn it back on. He wrote that it worked and runs fine now. (But he still is not happy with it.)

Unfortunately if the motor is running but the shredder wheels are not moving you have probably stripped or broken a gear. Most of the time I have had trouble finding new gears for any brand of shredder unless it is a high dollar model. You might be better off buying a new shredder than trying to fix this one.

Dear Bruce, Here is some generic information about shredders that may help you. Most of the shredders have a micro switch that senses if the paper has been introduced to the shredding slot. These micro switches are activated by a little arm/leveler that touches the paper and activates de contact inside the shredder housing. While disconnected from the power, try to check if the switch is working properly. Check if you can hear a "click noise" while moving it back and forth by using a paper clip. When this sensor arm is broken, the device will not operate since it does not detect the presence of a paper sheet to be shredded. Make sure your power is on (not only connected to the wall - but check if there is any indicator in the shredder). If the arm is not broken and you still hear the click noise indicating the micro switch is being activated, then your problem could still be the power since there is not LED indicator in the panel of this device. If this does not solve your investigation process, please make sure your power cord is fine. Otherwise, it would be an internal electric problem in the device. One additional possibility (since I have no further details from you) is that the device is on, you can hear the motor running but the gears that move the shredder blades are broken (that has happened to my device). I hope this gives you some light in further investigating your problem. Good luck! RC