[TenTec] OakGrigsby Optical Encoder

Anthony Bowyer adb1x1@yahoo.com
Tue, 19 Nov 2002 05:18:25 -0800 (PST)


Pete,
  The Oak Grisby part number I got from someone with
one of the 301 kits. I assume Ten-Tec made some part
changes along the way. It looks to be of good quality,
but I'm sure it's expensive if purchased new. The ones
I saw on ebay were electrically pretty much identical;
just the 1/8" shaft, and the starting price isn't bad.
Of course who knows what it might become! If you can
find some well made shaft reducers, it might just be a
cheap way to go.


Anthony

--- AC5E@aol.com wrote:
> The encoders in the three kits I still have were
> quite  different physically 
> from the ones in the factory 301 s I have, or in the
> Omni's. 
> 
> The kit encoders were very similar to a Clarostat 2
> Watt potentiometer, with 
> three leads. The shaft was a standard 1/4" shaft,
> just a bit too long to 
> allow the drag function of the stock Omni tuning
> knob to engage. 
> 
> I did confirm the wiring on the kit, which is as
> follows
> 
> The hookup from the DB-25 to the encoder is
> 
> pin 16  5 V+
> 
> pin  8   encoder phase 1
> 
> pin  5   encoder phase 2
> 
> pin  1   chassis ground
> 
> pin  14  chassis ground
> 
> Of course, any encoder that will function properly
> on 5 V should be usable. 
> 
> 73  Pete Allen  AC5E


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NT4X

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