Re: [M]: Dec motor failure (maybe)
| Subject: | Re: [M]: Dec motor failure (maybe) |
| From: | Ron Wagner |
| Date: | Sat May 01 03:06:18 1999 |
Wayne et al,
Joann had the scope on "tracking" slew and it seemed to just stop. She
tried a faster slew, no good. She push at the cable connection, again no
slew. All in all, my first thoughts are a broken wire. But with as
many Dec rebuilds I have been reading lately, I though it may be early
signs. I guess I should take a lot of voltage readings prior to any
further problems (or maybe look at Doc and Eds site for such). I might
add, our scope is a rather old 12V model with like 700 database entires.
John at Meade says it is a complete new computer to do any upgrades to the
ROM, etc.
Thanks, Ron
>
> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 05:13:33 -0700
> From: Wayne Watson
> Subject: Re: [M]: Dec motor failure (maybe)
>
> Was it just the dec motor that stopped working? What were the symptoms? Did
> the dec motor cable become detached somehow? Did it suddenly stop when she
> was slewing?
>
> Ron Wagner wrote:
>
> > Folks,
> > Last night while doing moon photos in alt az mode, Joann tells me the dec
> > motor stopped working. I was sleeping at the time. This AM the scope
> > seems to work fine in my "lab" [setting on the kitchen table 8-)]. Does
> > anyone know if this failure followed by self fix is the sign that we
> > are getting ready for an expensive dec failure?
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > ============================================================
> > Visit my astronomy home page. http://www.dma.org/~wagner
> > Building plans for LED lights, copyscopes etc.
> > Amateur Radio Station: WD8SBB - Ron and KB8NRP - Joann
> > ============================================================
>
Joann had the scope on "tracking" slew and it seemed to just stop. She
tried a faster slew, no good. She push at the cable connection, again no
slew. All in all, my first thoughts are a broken wire. But with as
many Dec rebuilds I have been reading lately, I though it may be early
signs. I guess I should take a lot of voltage readings prior to any
further problems (or maybe look at Doc and Eds site for such). I might
add, our scope is a rather old 12V model with like 700 database entires.
John at Meade says it is a complete new computer to do any upgrades to the
ROM, etc.
Thanks, Ron
>
> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 05:13:33 -0700
> From: Wayne Watson
> Subject: Re: [M]: Dec motor failure (maybe)
>
> Was it just the dec motor that stopped working? What were the symptoms? Did
> the dec motor cable become detached somehow? Did it suddenly stop when she
> was slewing?
>
> Ron Wagner wrote:
>
> > Folks,
> > Last night while doing moon photos in alt az mode, Joann tells me the dec
> > motor stopped working. I was sleeping at the time. This AM the scope
> > seems to work fine in my "lab" [setting on the kitchen table 8-)]. Does
> > anyone know if this failure followed by self fix is the sign that we
> > are getting ready for an expensive dec failure?
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > ============================================================
> > Visit my astronomy home page. http://www.dma.org/~wagner
> > Building plans for LED lights, copyscopes etc.
> > Amateur Radio Station: WD8SBB - Ron and KB8NRP - Joann
> > ============================================================
>
