Sorry to hear that anthropic. Been there, done that with a TH latch not holding. I wound up using a bent piece of barbed wire as a easy off lock.

I might wait until it's totally dry inside, and then wait a few more days before I called it good. I used a 3" putty knife and scrape all the hopper sides and corners until all the dust and crud is gone. I also paid particular attention to the corners, and used a small brass gun brush to really clean the corners. If not, then it'll stink forever, and the remaining dust is the first thing to hold moisture.

I might also hand spin the big slinger to make sure it's not binding. Over time, fish food dust can fall between the slinger and the housing, and if it gets wet, it can swell up and it'll burn through batteries, and cut down throw distance. It's just a consequence of all that fish food banging around.


AL