[TowerTalk] Fwd: Fwd: Upside down rotor

[Roger (sub1)]

Sorry this didn't go out sooner, but I just got the internet back after 
it being down for several hours.

On 11/15/2010 11:34 PM, hanslg at aol.com wrote:
>   Obviously you can't load the rotor as much as if it mounted "right".
Unfortunately the original question is not included so I don't know for 
sure what kind of rotator it is.

The "Ham Series" of rotators do not physically care whether they are 
right side up or upside down near as I can tell from their construction. 
The bearing races are in compression either way so the load capability 
should be the same. OTOH they are not "weather proof or resistant upside 
down.  They are more like a big funnel when upside down which would 
allow them to collect water in the bell housing and eventually cover the 
direction indicating resistor.
>   You will have a locking spring washer taking the load.
Same load bearing as before.
>   The is not any real raceways in the RS-rotor, just a few slide/glide bearings. Also, keep in mind that the rotor will rotate in the "wrong" direction.
Again, for most rotators including the ham series it only requires 
reversing two wires to change the indication between CW and CCW and two 
wires for the rotation direction.
>   If you line it up correctly with north, you will have the rotor "looking" east when the dial indicate west.
Not if it's wired correctly .
>   That can, though, be corrected if you cross two of the wires to the rotor (I don't know for sure which once).
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The two that go to the ends of the rotation pot. They are shown in the 
manual and should be described in the alignment procedure.
If need be I have one apart on the work bench out in the shop and can 
check for the terminal numbers.  I'm converting the Ham IV connections 
to the pig tail and inline connector used on the Tail Twister.

However...IF the rotator can be mounted upside down, what is preventing 
it from being mounted right side up?

73

Roger (K8RI)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Snyder<n9lah at comcast.net>
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> Sent: Sun, Nov 14, 2010 8:26 pm
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd:  Upside down rotor
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> Thank you Hans. Yours is the first response. I had just about decided
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> that I had finally stumped the Tower Talk reflector. I guess my concern
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> was whether or not the races that the bearings were sandwiched between
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> were tight enough for the downward force.
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> Phil
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