I have seen the brake get lazy in these type rotators when they get some age
on them. This is mostly a problem with longish cables needing to be made of
larger gauge wires. If this is the problem you can sometimes "get by" by
adding a 6.3vac booster transformer in series with the two large leads that
are
connected to the brake. You are using the large conductors for the brake,
right?
73/k5gw
In a message dated 11/22/2005 4:34:12 P.M. Central Standard Time,
w9ol@billnjudy.com writes:
I replaced the starting Cap. (I always keep a spare).
No difference, it just didn't want to consistently start moving.
Fortunately I have a spare HamM...I put that in the place of the Tailtwister
and it
rotates normally, full range.
So...by process of elimination, it isn't the cap, and the control box is
obviously supply
enough voltage (unless a TT requires more than a HamM).
And just in cast someone asks, each spring I open them up, clean up the
inside and
regrease the races and bearings. So it's not a 'no-maintenance' type thing.
It just sometimes doesn't want to overcome inertia and start moving.
Oh Well...will use the HamM for a while.
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