[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 35, Issue 83

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> Today's Topics:
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>   1. Re: balky TailTwister update (TexasRF at aol.com)
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> 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?
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> 73/k5gw
I thought of that also. No I can hear the brake release. And as I said...if I manually 
give it a little muscle assistance, it starts right up.
Yes I'm using the larger wires and as I said, the rotor is right outside my wall and the 
cable is about 10 feet.