[TowerTalk] HDx89MDPL winch motor stopped eorking

[Robert Harmon]

Dick,
I have a HDX589MDPL also.  I am very interested in what you find.  
Please keep us advised.  I believe these towers have a worm reduction 
gearbox and we can crank the the pulley wheel on the gearbox around by hand
to raise and lower it.  I haven't yet had to do this with mine, anybody 
on the forum done this with their HDX ?

Bob
K6UJ



On Jan 17, 2011, at 9:34 AM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:

> Try swapping the time delay relays to see if
> the down relay went bad.  They are socketed.
> These are low reliability components.
> 
> "nothing happens" isn't the capacitor.  If
> that goes, the motor will make a lot of noise
> and not move.
> 
> Rick N6RK
> 
> On 1/17/2011 7:58 AM, Dick Dievendorff wrote:
>>> I went out on Friday afternoon to lower the tower. Nothing happened when I flipped the switch. I checked the plug and GFI breaker, it seems to have juice
>>> 
>>> I plan to return in Tuesday and begin diagnosis. I'll check for AC power at the outlet, and inside the box mounted on the tower. Beyond that I'm in new territory. Motor start capacitor? How does one test that?
>>> How would I go about bringing the tower down at least partway manually?
>> 
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