[TowerTalk] m2 Orion 2800PP - Increasing Output Voltage

[Ron Chambers]

Thanks Terry, sounds like an easy 'fix'....

Ron


On 10/4/07, Zivney, Terry L. <00tlzivney at bsu.edu> wrote:
>
> Ron Chambers (and friends)
>
> The easiest way to increase the voltage to your DC powered rotator is to
> merely
> install an outboard DC power supply in series with the negative lead from
> your
> Orion controller.  I used a cheap switcher (Samplex) that was gathering
> dust on
> the shelf.  The extra 13 volts made the difference between not turning
> through 500
> feet of number 10 to the prop pitch to turning at normal velocity with the
> speed
> control set at "5" on the M2 controller.
>
> To reiterate, connect the positive lead from the external supply to the
> negative
> (common) lead at the M2 box; connect the negative (common) lead from the
> prop pitch motor to the negative terminal of the external power supply.
>
> Terry Zivney, N4TZ/9
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