Combines Sieve fan

lee_in_Wis

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Adjust deflector all the way to bottom for both if you have 2 blades like my 550, This blows air to front of sieves. Speed about medium to 3_4 setting (800rpm) This worked out great for me this year. Good luck and safe harvest....I have a lower post about broken shaft and bought a like new from a salvage combine for $200--new was $500. Got done and finished baling straw yesterday.......Sure glad I sold it off the baler(I didn't have to unload 2150 bales in 90+ degrees!)............lee
 

cookie_jar

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It's best to set the deflectors to a position where they do not deflect the air! If you deflect the air, you will cause a suction on the low pressure side of the wing which will suck chaff down through the sieve. I learned this from Ray Stueckle's book "Combine Settings for Better Harvesting". I found it to be true. In fact Ray suggests you throw out the deflector boards all together. That way they cannot cause a down-draft. You set your wind to get what you consider to be an acceptable sample. If you set it on the low end, you will capture the small kernels and a bit more chaff. Some farmers prefer the low end, as that way they don't loose any crop out the back. The sample may be dirtier, but the dockage is directly proportional to the dirt. The idea here is you don't loose anything of value. Their samples are nothing to be proud of, but they say it pays better. We're only talking a couple of percent difference here. If you have a problem with fusarium mold, you want to set the fan near as high as it will go, blowing out the infected shrivelled kernels and reducing your risk of being badlly downgraded.