Should have also mentioned that the capacitors are notoriously failure
prone. There are far better and longer lasting capacitors available from air
conditioning parts suppliers.
As the original capacitors age, they become lossy and eventually the
rotator just quits altogether.
73,
Gerald K5GW
In a message dated 11/21/2011 10:05:57 A.M. Central Standard Time,
TexasRF@aol.com writes:
Hello all, correct me if I am wrong but doesn't moving the capacitor to
the
rotator free up a couple of conductors that can be repurposed to lower the
voltage drop to the motor?
73,
Gerald K5GW
In a message dated 11/21/2011 9:59:45 A.M. Central Standard Time,
Cqtestk4xs@aol.com writes:
Two ways to go...
Put the starting cap at the rotor , or put the starting cap at the
junction box below. I simply removed the cap from the control box and
mounted it
at the base of the tower...worked fine.
Bill KH7XS/K4XS
In a message dated 11/21/2011 3:56:21 P.M. Greenwich Standard Time,
n5dg@airmail.net writes:
I'm using a tail twister rotor 350 ft form the control box turning a
2 el quad, This problem reoccurs each winner when the wind blows
..Well in fact any time the wind blows .. With the wind 20 mph or
more the rotor stalls , I did use # 14 wire on the motor leads and I
have a junction box at the base of the tower were I change to regular
rotor cable going up the tower .
Heres my Question, can I put a Start or Run Capacitor in my junction
box and still leave the capacitor in the control box ? would this
help? Another thought was , could I replace the transformer in the
control box to a little higher voltage ?
Thanks Ed
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