Wish I had read all those T2X start cap memos.... I have an estate T2X = that wasn't used for a couple years but was new then. I just wired the = T2X up through a new run of 8 conductor cable... 2-#1
<< I notice from the T2X schematic that the start cap is across pins 4 and 8 of the connectors. If I cut the rotor cable about 5 ft up from the base of the tower and put the start cap and weatherproo
Why are folks disconnecting the cap inside the control head? twice the capacitance isn't going to hurt anything as best I can tell. On air-conditioners when they install a start-up kit they are simpl
Ditto. Works fine doing it this way. Closer tot eh rotor the better for the motor start cap. Plus you get to double up two wires. It's a win-win. Tony N2TK --Original Message-- From: towertalk-admin@
Sure you could leave the cap in the control head and leave it wired up - if you have another cap. If you are going through all of this, it might be worth it to employ a another (new) cap rather than
Why not just add one - well, if you happen to have a second cap laying around tis one thing - but in today's world a big ole electrolytic just ain't a common junk box item! K4OJ
Hi Mike, That quote is a funny one too....because in the Tailtwister the brake relay and the motor are in series. So, doubling up on the wires benefits both the relay function and the rotor if there
The purpose of the Capacitor is NOT a start capacitor. It is a phase shift capacitor to get as close to 90 degrees phase shift between the winding phases in order to make the motor run as a two phase
Are you sure? My rotator does not have any relay and the brake and motor are certainly NOT in series, although it may look like that since there is a common neutral wire and it is convenient to draw
Clarification, The power for the Brake solenoid and the motor are in parallel but both receive power from the brake switch on the control head. If the brake switch is not activated there is no power
Tony, In the past some people put the capacitor close to the rotator to free up 2 extra wires to parallel with others. This helps but I don't think the need for mounting the capacitor at the rotator
The T2X manual is available for download at http://www.hy-gain.com/hy-gain/man/pdf/T-2X.pdf Page 11 of the manual reads: "Lack of Power If the antenna rotation is slow or sluggish or hard to start, c
Another reason to move the cap is so that one can use fewer wires. Depending on your choice of wire (I'll be using 12/2 romex with ground - so 3 wires all together) needing SIX wires as opposed to EI
Putting the Start Cap at the tower base is an excellent idea. I've been doing this for years on my 2L40 at 95 ft which is 400 ft from my house. I used #14 house wiring for the CW, CCW, and solenoid r
There is MORE benefit in paralleling two #18 wires (CW and CCW) than paralleling a #14 or #16 ground / solenoid wire with a #18. Tom N4KG On Wed, 14 Aug 2002 15:49:35 -0400 David Jordan <wa3gin@erols