[TowerTalk] balky TailTwister update

[TexasRF@aol.com]

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 at 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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