There is NO reason to have #14 wires for the direction indicator! I use
about 500 feet of # 22 telephone wire for the indicator on my Tail Twister.
I also use # 12 or # 14 dont remember which now, for the motor and brake.
Remember that 12-3 is with ground. That's 4 wires ! You need a heavy wire
for terminal 1, (Gnd) (Use the bare for this) .......2, (Brake)...... 5,
(CW motor)........ and 6, (CCW motor). I also have the cap at the base of
the tower.
I run the UF from the shack to the base of the tower, then heavy duty rotor
cable from the base to the rotor that is 100 feet from the base of the
tower. I have no trouble turning the Tail Twister in the wind or the extreme
cold.
Good luck! and 73!
Jim W7RY
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael D. Ihry <mihry@argontech.net>
To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Thursday, August 05, 1999 12:41 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] (no subject)
>
>Check me out on this please:
>
>I got a flyer from Lowe's hardware (Indianapolis) today - They're
>selling UF-B 10/2 for $62.49/250ft, 12/2 for $34.79/250ft, and 14/2 for
>$25.39/250ft.
>
>I will require nearly 600 ft cable to top of tower. T2X manual calls
>for 500-800 ft to use #10 for terminals 1 and 2 (motor) and #14 for all
>the rest. I plan to put the rotor cap at the rotor, thus saving 2
>wires.
>
>Surely we're on the same page so far. If I have 2 romex cables, one
>#10/2 and one #14/2, this gives 3x#10 wires and 3x#14 wires. I would
>use the black and the white #10 wires for terminals 1&2. This leaves
>available the "ground" wire in the 10/2 cable and all 3 wires in the
>14/2 cable. How can I best utilize these wires for the remaining rotor
>terminals, or does it matter at all? (ONE of the remaining 4 wires
>would be #10 and the other 3 would be in the 14/2 cable.) Which of the
>rotor wires would you choose for the "odd man out"?
>
>Is the Lowe's price OK? Is 250 ft spool common, and would it be hard to
>
>find longer runs, ie could I get the whole 600 ft or so in one piece
>elsewhere? If so, where?
>
>If splices have to be made, how would you make the "best buryable Romex
>splice"?
>
>In my dreams: Inexpensive source of a buryable, 8 conductor cable with
>2x#10 and 4x#14...??
>
>Enough for now - many thanks!
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>WA9ALS - John jfleming@shelbynet.net
>Tower Project (photos & guestbook)
>http://www.shelbynet.net/~jfleming/towerproject.htm
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>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Brian Smithson <brian_smithson@vds.com>
>To: WA9ALS - John <jfleming@shelbynet.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 12:03 PM
>Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Romex and UV?
>
>
>> All the replies I've gotten were copied to TT. UF-B seems the way
>> to go.
>
>
>
>
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