[Towertalk] Re: Prosistel Rotors

[Jan Erik Holm]

Sounds strange a thing like this would happen. In any case
there a "loctite" that can be used to secure those hex screws,
you can get loctite that is so strong that it will be impossible
to unscrew those screws without breaking something, not a
difficult problem to fix at all.

Jim SM2EKM
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José de Sá wrote:

>Hello
>Thank you very much for all your answers concerning
>the Prosistel rotator.
>Here are some more details:
>
>A) The problem: The problem really are the Hex-screws
>      that tight together the base of the rotator to the upper
>      part, due to vibrations and wind strength (peaking no
>      more than 100 Km/h yesterday) they unscrewed.
>      The inner components suffered major damage because
>       the base was still tight to the tower but the upper part was
>       rotating free.
>        ---> Next time I will apply RTV Silicone Seal  to the screws as
>               Don adviced.
>
>B) I send the rotator back to the Prosistel representative in Portugal
>     I know he is going to send it to Italy, in the homepage they say the
>     rotators warranty is 2 years and that they will replace the damaged
>     rotator by a brand new-one, lets wait and see.
>
>The model is PST71
>
>73   Jose  CT1EEB
>
>
>
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