[TowerTalk] (another)Problem That Needs Ideas

[n4gi at tampabay.rr.com]

Don't have an RCS8V, but it reminds me of a problem I occasionally have with a sixpack switch...  One or two of the ports on one side are intermittent unless I click the brake of my ham rotor 50 feet above it.  

If I don't hear anything when I turn things on, I can click the brake a couple of times, then the relay engages.  I think it's the 10M port.

Odd, but I just have lived with it.  Dirty contacts?

73,
Blake N4GI

----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Jackson <k9rz at radiks.net>
Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2004 8:21 pm
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Problem That Needs Ideas

> Pat,
> 
> I have an Ameritron RCS-8V which has been in service for almost 20 
> years.Shortly after I purchased it new, I started having 
> intermittant problems
> similar to yours, especially in cold weather.  This was the case 
> until I
> discovered the relay arms were touching the inside of the plastic 
> cover and
> would only partially actuate.  The cure was to place a couple of flat
> washers between the plastic case the and the chassis in all four 
> corners,increasing the clearance between the case and the relays.  
> It has operated
> flawlessly ever since.
> 
> I would try operating the switch with the cover off to see how the 
> relaysactuate.
> 
> 73 de Bill
> 
> 
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