[TowerTalk] 5 x conductor rotor cable ?

[Adam Shirley WJ4X]

OlFlex cable from Lapp (http://www.lappusa.com) would be a great choice.
I use a 22 conductor to the tower and then a 8 conductor up to the top
myself for a small rotator. They offer many different combinations you
might find useful. It's rated in millions of flexes (commonly used in
moving machinery)

You may run into another problem...
An 8 amp load at 175 ft, you're might have to think a little larger wire
to keep from having voltage drop issues. 12ga at 175 ft with 24v has a
voltage drop of 5.5 volts. Perhaps a remote relay system at the tower
base is in order?

But I'm just guessing...

  73!
   -Adam
    WJ4X


On 10/25/2010 10:16 AM, Jim Thomson wrote:
> Who makes  5 x conductor rotor cable ?    I need 175'  for the small PP.     3 x BIG wires and 2 x small ones. 
> These small PP's have a com/CW/CCW  for the dc motor which sucks 7-8 A .    And 2 x small wires  for the
> magnetic pulses  for the digital readout.   Something like 3 x 12 ga's  +  2 x 20 ga's would be ideal.  It has
> to be flexible enough for a crank up.  Does it even exist ? 
> 
> Tnx... Jim   VE7RF 
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