Litter-Robot III Blinking Flashing YELLOW Light, Globe Spinning Rotate One Direction How To Fix LR3

[@EyeOnAiman]

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[@winniepooh9851]

You explain this 100 times better than litter robot company website does.

[@dudemanaric]

My wife fixed ours with replacing the dfi pinch sensor kit altogether. The new boards are shorter and insulated. She did it while I was sleeping. I'm only here because of your cute cat assistant 😂😻

[@Mike.Hunt..]

This video helped me fix my blinking yellow light when all other youtube videos failed..Litter Robot needs to be compensating this young man for his excellent help/how-to video!

[@jimbeam9595]

Oh man. I’ve been struggling with that yellow blinking light for years. This is the first video that’s identified the problem. Thank you! Please don’t ever take this video down.

[@clipstats3053]

Clear explanations & demonstration. Better then the LR site. Thank you!

[@seagee9067]

Our litter robot had been sitting stuck in that yellow blinking stage for months. I took it apart to the point of being able to easily get to that weight sensor which had litter blocking it. I cleaned that and now it works again. Great video, much better than anything on the litter robot website. They should hire you to make tutorials!

[@kelvinholt9481]

This video just saved me $400, I was ready to pepper my LR3 with buckshot! The fix was simple, one of the contacts for the weight sensor had come loose. 9 screws, a couple of wires, and the fix was in. Thanks a bunch!

[@RagingDork]

Thanks! Helped me fix mine. Just got all my cats to start using it and it starts jamming. I didn't have a long screwdriver to take the whole thing apart so I used a old toothbrush and a toothpick to clean the contacts and use my phone camera to get a better look.

[@itspeachie]

Me too!! So glad I found this video! He's better than the company reps!

[@JFJM53213]

Thank you - after a few weeks of fast flashing yellow, problem solved! I removed contacts and cleaned them. Reinstalled and good to go. I feel so accomplished and it’s not even 11 am!

[@mikeycantoongaming7980]

My dude! That was it, for me I had some clumps inside that had somehow missed the tray and so when putting the tray in, the back of it moved up, interferring with the sensor. Works perfect again! Thanks!!

[@yontsdarrell]

Cannot upvote this video enough!!! Thank you! This was the solution I was looking for!!

[@alekat3d]

Thanks so much for this video, Aiman! I was able to use it to repair three Litter Robots that I've had for several years that have been glitching this way for some time, requiring me to re-set everything by hand. Now they all have steady blue lights and they're all completely operational! I thought I was going to have to buy new ones. Thanks so much!

[@EyeOnAiman]

Wow! That's really awesome! I'm glad to hear that I helped out! Thanks for watching!

[@zoevee2987]

Hi Aiman! Thank you!!! Our litter robot is fixed! Your kitty is so pretty, I hope she wasn't embarrassed to be the star of your video about litter robot repair, she looks like she should star in a more glamorous video!

[@EyeOnAiman]

Thank you!!

[@itspeachie]

Thank you for posting this you saved us!! I have researched until I about tossed mine and bought a new one. I've only had it about 2 years so I was very disappointed. Sitting at work decided to try to find an answer once more. I found this video. My hands are small enough I didn't have to take the unti apart. I was able to reach in there and clean the connectors... walllaa we're working again!

[@mischafreeman6090]

Great video! What a lifesaver. With a GUM Proxabrush, a headlamp, and the right angle, I was able to clean the affected sensor without removing any screws or taking the base apart.

[@premrajendran7383]

Great video on fixing the weight sensor issue. It was an easy fix to clean the contacts and re-assemble. Thanks!

[@georgewang7770]

Very nice video. Thank you. I used LitterRobot3 for 3 years without issue. Then the yellow light kept flashing and spinning stopped. I almost threw away the machine. For the last 1 year I have been cleaning by hand without the robot. Today after watching your nice video, I devided to re-check the two metal plates (the two metal plates open/close circuit in response to sensing overweight). It seems the two metal plates may be permanently apart for some reason. What I am testing now is put a hair clip around them to permanently close the circuit. Yellow light has disappeared and the machine rotates normally for now. Some other video asked me to clean the touching part of the metal plates as they may be dirtied. I tried that before and didn't work. I suspect the hairclip might work. If so, then I will take the machine apart and manually bend the metal plate a bit so they can be touching again even without the hairclip, and still open the circuit if weight weight.

[@alruiz8876]

Aiman, thank you so much! I tried everything and then I followed your instructions and now my Litter-Robot is fixed. I appreciate it so much!

[@raquelc9646]

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Your video has saved me so much frustration!

[@mrblanche]

Good info. However, the part you were fixing there is not a weight sensor. It's a pinch sensor. If a cat got caught in the drum when it started turning, that sensor would keep the cat from being injured if it got its leg in the wrong place. The weight sensor is the round thing underneath the unit, which is spring loaded. On early models, that weight spring could be adjusted for the weight of the cat. In addition, there is a pair of metal contacts on the left side of the part that goes over the drum. They provide power to the blue light in the drum, but if those two contacts get dirty or corroded, the drum will not turn very well, and it may quit working completely.

[@jeffscottsoto5715]

I tried everything regarding cleaning, wasn't until I saw this video that made sense why the blinking lights would not go away, great video and tutorial, thanks so much!

[@andrewschuler8767]

Incredible video. Really breaks it down. This job took me like an hour! Solid fix! Thank you OP!

[@EyeOnAiman]

I’m glad it helped!!!

[@Josephplombardo]

Thank you. Never commented on a video but so helpful deserved a comment! Clear and easy to follow. Fixed the problem straight away with confidence!

[@adamklaffke8308]

This is the "pinch sensor" not an overweight sensor as described. It is to prevent your cat's leg from being pinched is she tries to use the robot while it is mid-cycle. The weight sensor is on the underside of the unit and looks like a hockey puck.

[@kimellisor7259]

Thank you! Totally didn’t know about the sensor, I did however use a toothbrush the clean the connections so I didn’t have to take it apart!

[@mimimari4426]

WOW🙏Outstanding and very informative & CRYSTAL CLEAR! #litterrobot needs to pay 💰 you for this!!

[@saulgonzalezcano7231]

this kid is studying at Harvard now - I'm not even surprised haha, smart kid!

[@lancewright21]

Hey I just wanted to say I feel like I should cash app you a couple hundred dollars for posting this video and saving me 600.00, I was just about to order my wife a new when I found this video and to my surprise, your instructions and very detailed video saved my wallet. Thank you for posting this video young man. Cheers!

[@roycobleigh9485]

Great Job! 1st time doing this after about four years. Worked as described, pulled and cleaned contacts.

[@efrainplaza]

Hello Aiman, thanks a lot for your great explanation, I had the issue you described (fast blinking yellow light) and as a matter of fact the circuit was open because the contacts were dirty, cleaned them, back to work, thanks again!

[@meekomist]

Thank you! Was exactly my problem there was just a little clump of litter blocking the pinch connection. Knocked that out, problem solved.

[@stevewalb5992]

AWESOME VIDEO !! It was my EXACT problem. Cleaned up those overweight contacts which were full of schmutz and PRESTO...reset and working again. THANK YOU.

[@ConcordantAngles]

I learned a bunch about how the robot works. I think I can troubleshoot most issues now! Thank you!!

[@electroman982]

That part you were pushing is not the Weight sensor...it is the pinch sensor...and you should test it regularly...it also gets dirty from the littler falling on it.!! The weight sensor is located bottom rear.

[@paulc515]

Thankyou, You saved me a lot of time fixing my Litter Robot!!

[@milkpaffu2268]

Thank you!! I love that you explain exactly how the parts work because that’s what I needed to understand.

[@isabellesambuis302]

EXCELLENT JOB, BOY!!! You saved us. Many thanks.

[@trouts4444]

Excellent video, thank you.

[@seanemerich5016]

Don’t normally comment but this helped me out. Thank you man. Good work.

[@dhwave1]

Good job, this is the video that helped me find the problem.

[@AlexStundzia]

Awesome, 2nd fix on my litter box thanks to you.

[@georginesarda9813]

Thank you. This may be what is wrong with my litter robot. Thank you for the video

[@mikehlee1766]

Actually I want to buy another but. You save my $600. Thank you.

[@DAAAKAAAVAAA]

Dude you are awesome! Thanks so much, the robot litter website and help guide was so awful but you explained everything perfectly

[@allisongallagher4525]

Thank you for such a great video! Thanks to you and your clear, detailed instructions, our litter robot is fixed!

[@EyeOnAiman]

Thank you!!!

[@thntp]

Excellent demonstration. Thank you.

[@joshhaimson6936]

Thank you so much for making this video! I was having this exact same problem and this helped me fix it.

[@jeffreypritchard6102]

Your cat is awesome.

[@EyeOnAiman]

She is :)

[@zxlr8r]

Your awesome 👏..it worked 💪🏼

[@craigmuller8031]

Thanks man. Perfect. 5 min, done. Most I have had to do in the 5 years I have owned it, with 3 cats

[@jolynnmcniven7427]

Very helpful for diagnosis and repair! Thank you!

[@mishmishmish]

Thx so much ❤ awesome video

[@lovelace1614]

You're a cool cat, keep doing you dude

[@bawiin2]

Great job explaining this issue👏🤩

[@THEBIGLIE20]

I used a dewalt small wet/dry vac. I just reversed it so air was going out. It wasn’t too strong and I got a big clump of litter out of sensor area. I avoided taking everything apart. I would of never of looked there if not for this video.

[@lukehyder5820]

Such an intelligent guy, thank you!

[@janeketcham3739]

Thank you, thank you! I got my litter robot working again thanks to this video ❤🎉

[@EyeOnAiman]

You’re welcome, you’re welcome! I’m glad I helped you out!

[@yifatyaari]

Very useful information, save me money. Thank you for sharing.

[@tishacerasuolo9592]

Thank you 🙏

[@louieblouie8036]

Nicely done!

[@Andrew-tr5zg]

I had a lot of issues with the drum stopping half way, tried everything, cleaning the contacts, cleaning the whole unit, cleaning out the pinch sensor, this was over a couple of years, but afte a couple of days it would start doing this stop half way thing again. This time I cleaned the contacts with light sandpaper, pushed a little bit of cardboard in behind the contacts to keep them pushed out, and, I think this is what made the difference, i then cleaned out the little sensor on the top of the bonnet as the clear plastic oover for the sensor was full of dust, & it has not stopped once in a long time now. It would always stop half way leading me to think it wasn't the bonnet contacts, as it should have stopped at random points in the cycle but worth cleaning out the contacts anyway.

[@Pehcas]

Video helped me thanks!

[@aashitasharma7352]

Thank you so so so much for this video. Very well explained and helped me solved the issue I was facing. Keep up the good work :)

[@OneChillDude.]

You are a genius thank you so much 😊

[@lxy0709]

What a great video!

[@EyeOnAiman]

Thank you!!!

[@thomasblalock3007]

Thanks man. It was definitely the weight sensor. Just take a flat head and vacuum and cleaned between the cracks.

[@anthonypalazzi6255]

Very cute kitty:)

[@spo0m]

Thank you, Sir, you just saved me 350$!!

[@EspressoStreams]

I need some advice... mine has been working okay, and then lately (Last 2-3 mo's) it seems to think every 3 days the drawer is full. I pulled the bonnet off 3 times this morning and FULL cleaned it due to the dreaded pinch fault. Wont cycle at all. Can't get the error to clear. I can't get underneath it to try and check the pinch mech just yet. But I'm thinking it might be that the plastic piece might be warped...

[@davidst4896]

Rather than taking it apart. I took a long thin blade screwdriver and spread them apart, just a little, sprayed electronic cleaner on them released them and it worked

[@claireherbert4350]

Excellent video, thanks!

[@EyeOnAiman]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!

[@ancientkazoo3193]

Thank you so much.

[@tamalyn9210]

Thank you so much 💓

[@robertbrandywine]

Good video! What is that other sensor for and how does it work?

[@EyeOnAiman]

Are you referring to the CAT sensor or the tray full indicator sensor?

[@robertbrandywine]

@@EyeOnAiman Well, I've learned since I posted that there is the cat sensor, the pinch sensor, an electric eye sensor to turn the light off and on, and a litter tray sensor. I think all of these except the sensor for the light are mechanical.

[@EyeOnAiman]

@@robertbrandywine Thanks for replying. I've forgotten about what I learned from my dad since I did the video because our unit hasn't had any issue. Apology for not replying sooner, I've been playing catch up with the comments, but this week the school is off so I hope to be able to respond to most of the comments on my videos. Again thanks for watching and thanks for taking the time to write. Good luck with your Litter Robot III.

[@tigerlilly393]

Can you show us what to do with a rapid blinking light. We have replaced the pinchers, we have tried resetting it, by turning it off and unplugging it. But still has a rapid flashing yellow light, when turned back on. What else do we need to do?

[@EyeOnAiman]

Check out this manual to see if there is anything else you can try! www.litter-robot.com/manual_pdf/Litter-Robot_III-Manual-Revision_C.pdf

[@hliang9936]

Aiman, thanks the video! I deep clean pinch detector, yellow light still quick flash. Then I remove two metal pin, force contact pin still yellow flash, what else do you think to check?

[@greeneyes3321]

Great video! Fixed my robot

[@ruslansultanov821]

God bless your soul

[@lush11418]

Please help with your litter robot 3

[@thecam0073]

Thanks so much!!!

[@skatenec]

You rock!

[@frederics6498]

Thanks. Just what i needed to fix it

[@dododudu9641]

Thanks. Just what i needed to fix it :-)

[@shirleykosinski9695]

Holy sh** it worked thanks!!!

[@CCM1199]

That piece of plastic is actually a pinch sensor and not a weight sensor. Its to prevent the cats from pinching their legs if they decide to play around while the machine is in motion.

[@cynthianadolny1263]

What do you do when the power button will not turn on or off? Or the solid yellow light stays on and you cannot reset it?

[@sasachan1909]

Hi aiman, I clean already but still having the from, I really need ur help

[@EyeOnAiman]

What was the issue?

[@maekosasih1669]

EyeOnAiman how if cat litter totally doesn’t move

[@maekosasih1669]

EyeOnAiman blue lights an the top not light on

[@NahItsAkira]

😔 I have the flashing yellow light but on the app it says bonnet removed when it wasnt.i did the whole bending 90degree thing to the bonnet latches and it didn't help..could it be the issue you described? That its the sensors ?

[@EyeOnAiman]

Yes, if you want to further check it out, here's the link to the manual! www.litter-robot.com/manual_pdf/Litter-Robot_III-Manual-Revision_C.pdf

[@squirrel8161]

I don't suppose you have a suggestion for an issue of the robot being stuck on a yellow UNBLINKING light, not responding to anything (even the power button)? I've tried dismantling and putting back together the CPU. The bottom sensors appear to be fine. Unfortunately I brought mine 11 months ago from a UK former international partner of Litter Robot and the company went bust a few months ago. I even brought 18 month extended warranty, but the company are uncontactable and I'm stuck with a broken robot. I've tried waiting in the queue to speak with litter robot in the US but the international calls have already cost be a fortune! Sorry for the ramble, I'm a bit stuck!

[@EyeOnAiman]

www.litter-robot.com/manual_pdf/Litter-Robot_III-Manual-Revision_C.pdf That is very strange! According to the manual, there is no error when stuck on a yellow light, except for indicating "The Litter-Robot is cycling (Clean or Empty cycle)" Maybe your model believes it is perpetually stuck in cleaning mode? Maybe check the sensors that detect when the cycle is over?

[@Paul-ng4jx]

The weight sensor is the one on the bottom the round button

[@jmtrsmilz6024]

still not working, but I agree excellent video

[@smellymichelly7593]

Could it be that my cat is too fat. Lol. Poor baby. He's on a diet now. Hopefully it works. Thanks for the great video

[@Paul-ng4jx]

It’s a pinch sensor just in case you’re cat fall in that hole that sensor will stop the system when pushed

[@JillieBean1224]

Quite honestly, I would NEVER recommend someone get a Litter Robot. I have 2 - that's $1200 worth of litterboxes. Both worked fine for about 2 years, and since then I have had nothing but trouble with them. First one problem then another. I live alone and don't have someone who can take them apart and fix them. I can't do it myself. So I have $1200 of worthless litter boxes. I should have stayed with the regular boxes.

[@thomasmaxwell5559]

It’s called the pinch sensor That is not the weight sensor

[@BearMan1954]

I believe that's the anti pinch safely...

[@QueBeraBera]

Great video man! But not necessary to take the base apart...all those screws and wires will spell trouble and regrets for some (especially on a $600 shit box🤦🏼‍♂️). You can easily use a flashlight and needle nose pliers to bend those metal pieces back together and or sand them off a little bit for better contact or vice versa if they need to be pulled apart some! I won't know my outcome for a while as my Siamese has decided to go inside it for more time than I care to go back down and investigate! 🤦🏼‍♂️😂🤢

[@chcgo2undaground]

Take the key on the back off and get rid of the shield.....

[@cnvi08]

Just bypass the damn pinch detector by removing those pinch clips and twist the wires together w some electrical tape. No cat on the planet is going into a moving machine. Problem solved.

[@jaeshasway]

Unfortunately my cat will. He doesn’t give 2 f’s and is pretty fearless. My guess is plenty of cats will which is why it was designed that way to begin with. 😞

[@christinaaguirre8168]

I cleaned mine and it’s still blinking. Frustrating.