Hey folks,
We are close to reviving an old single screen main street Art Deco theatre from 1938 (started as a live dance hall in 1929 before being converted). We took it over officially at the beginning of August and are opening in a week.
At the end of a very long week I was ready to test the popcorn machine for the first time, hoping for it to be a triumphant end to the week filling the space with the smell of popcorn.
It didn't work...
It is a pretty old Cretors 20 ounce Diplomat, and the pump doesn't seem to be drawing oil up into the kettle. It was right at the end of the day and I didn't have time to do much troubleshooting but figure folks here could save me a bunch of time trying to figure it out.
Does the oil have to be really warm in the bucket to me more easily pumped? Maybe I didn't let it heat enough? It was definitely not solid and was liquid.
Maybe I have to prime the pump somehow to help get it going? I took off all the hoses and just tried to press the oil button to see if any came up and didn't get anything after a few tries.
Not sure what to check first, maybe will confirm next that there isn't a blockage in the metal tube that goes into the bucket.. but will just be trial and error after that to nail down the problem.
Lots of heart, but no experience running a theatre![Smile](http://www.film-tech.com/vbb/core/images/smilies/smile.png)
I can take pictures of the set up tomorrow when I am in there again if that helps folks see what I am looking at.
We are close to reviving an old single screen main street Art Deco theatre from 1938 (started as a live dance hall in 1929 before being converted). We took it over officially at the beginning of August and are opening in a week.
At the end of a very long week I was ready to test the popcorn machine for the first time, hoping for it to be a triumphant end to the week filling the space with the smell of popcorn.
It didn't work...
It is a pretty old Cretors 20 ounce Diplomat, and the pump doesn't seem to be drawing oil up into the kettle. It was right at the end of the day and I didn't have time to do much troubleshooting but figure folks here could save me a bunch of time trying to figure it out.
Does the oil have to be really warm in the bucket to me more easily pumped? Maybe I didn't let it heat enough? It was definitely not solid and was liquid.
Maybe I have to prime the pump somehow to help get it going? I took off all the hoses and just tried to press the oil button to see if any came up and didn't get anything after a few tries.
Not sure what to check first, maybe will confirm next that there isn't a blockage in the metal tube that goes into the bucket.. but will just be trial and error after that to nail down the problem.
Lots of heart, but no experience running a theatre
![Smile](http://www.film-tech.com/vbb/core/images/smilies/smile.png)
I can take pictures of the set up tomorrow when I am in there again if that helps folks see what I am looking at.
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