[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 94, Issue 47

[Ro Grrr]

If you're running cable for rotors, ANY rotors, why do you have to search for specific rotor cable ?   (and pay top $$$$ for it, too)
You have the indicator circuits and you have the motor and brake circuits.  So why do these have to be in ONE CABLE ASSEMBLY ?!?

String the signal circuits with "MA BELL-type" wires (#18 or #20 or even #22) and then run your HEAVY POWER CIRCUITS separately. Just be sure to tie the grounds together so the controller knows what you're doing. 

The heavy power circuits can be #16 or #14 or if the distance is great enough, #12 !

Roger

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> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:27:45 -0700
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> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:27:30 -0400
> From: "Mark Robinson" 
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 5 x conductor rotor cable ?
> To: "Jim Thomson" , 
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> The wireman sells the cable for the Orion rotator. It has a thick black and
> a thick white wire for the dc motor and then has a shielded set which are
> wrapped in foil. Inside the foil is a bare drain lead and a thin red and a
> thin blue wire.
>
> Maybe not enough wires for you.
>
>
> Mark N1UK
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Thomson" 
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> Sent: Monday, 25 October, 2010 10:16 AM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] 5 x conductor rotor cable ?
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>
> > 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