Eric,
M squared has a repair kit a available at a reasonable price. You will likely
need a reed switch, bypass caps and steering diodes. The repair is not
difficult even for me, a reformer and retired CPA.
73,
Ron k5mm
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On Jul 2, 2011, at 9:21 AM, Eric Dobrowansky K2WD <k2wd@comcast.net> wrote:
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> Good afternoon,
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> I recently suffered a lightning strike to an antenna on my tower, and my
> OR2800 now indicates 16 ohms on the two motor wires (pins 1 &2), which looks
> normal. However the reed switch is showing a continuous short across pins 5&6
> even while getting the rotor turn ever so slightly before the controller
> faults to E1.
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> How difficult is it to replace the reed switch. Obviously I'm guessing the
> rotor needs to come out of the tower. But is it easy enough to disassemble
> the OR2800 and get to the reed switch? Also, is it available from places like
> Mouser or Digi-Key, or is it a custom part that will require me to order it
> from M2?
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> Any web pages showing the inside?
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> Thanks
>
>
> Eric
> K2CB
>
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