motor stuck - tm2600??

[dick b]

its kewl mate, yea i've seen the sticky,
just wanted to know where you got the up to date ones.
by the way i've managed to find 7e with 165 services

yeah I just chose strong TPs off my box that I knew were ok as channels are liable to change TPs sometimes. you must have nearly all the available sats now.

[saj1985]

yeah I just chose strong TPs off my box that I knew were ok as channels are liable to change TPs sometimes. you must have nearly all the available sats now.

yea getting there!

in hindsight, looking back i didn't connect the f connectors properly which obviously caused a problem with the signal.
i assumed that the cooper wiring thats on the outside could be cut off, but i was wrong, that needs to be left on and pushed back with the f connector pushed over it, if that makes sense

also didnt help that the stb wasnt functioning with usuals properly, so the motor was fine all along, was a problem with the stb.

the ?10 sat meter worked out to do the job, so all in all so far so good.

[dick b]

yea getting there!

in hindsight, looking back i didn't connect the f connectors properly which obviously caused a problem with the signal.
i assumed that the cooper wiring thats on the outside could be cut off, but i was wrong, that needs to be left on and pushed back with the f connector pushed over it, if that makes sense

yeah you need that screen wire as the negative feed you trapit between the f-plug and the outer insulation(as you have now found out)

[saj1985]

yeah you need that screen wire as the negative feed you trapit between the f-plug and the outer insulation(as you have now found out)

yea i learnt the hard way

[dick b]

its kewl mate, yea i've seen the sticky,
just wanted to know where you got the up to date ones.
by the way i've managed to find 7e with 165 services

heres a list from to-day with a few more sats on mate

[saj1985]

heres a list from to-day with a few more sats on mate

wicked i'll give it a bash when i get a chance !

dick b - you're the man!

[saj1985]

hey peeps,
i've had the motor up since i made this thread,
and i've noticed some rust on it already, is that normal?
so soon?

anything i can do to prevent this or try to control it?

p.s the rest of the setup dish etc seem fine

[Nutsandbolts]

Hi. I have a TM2600 motor on a TM5400 SUPER. The motor is superb and very reliable and accurate. When you say the motor jerks is it tightened up properly? As already mentioned if using DISEQC( or 1.2) you need to find the sats manually and save the positions otherwise the motor will just stay there without moving. With USALS the satellites are found automatically as long as the first satellite is set up correctly.

[saj1985]

Hi. I have a TM2600 motor on a TM5400 SUPER. The motor is superb and very reliable and accurate. When you say the motor jerks is it tightened up properly? As already mentioned if using DISEQC( or 1.2) you need to find the sats manually and save the positions otherwise the motor will just stay there without moving. With USALS the satellites are found automatically as long as the first satellite is set up correctly.

the issue about the motor jerking has been resolved,
i was more asking about the rust on the motor mate

[Manic01]

Spray with wd40.

[mikiemo]

paint it ,

[saj1985]

Spray with wd40.

i was thinking wd40, but wasn't sure, thanks for clarifying it bud!
btw can you use that on the dish too?

paint it ,

[Nutsandbolts]

Hi. The rust is quite common on motors because of the rain etc. I put a sainsbury plastic bag around over the top of the motor to keep the rain out and replace the bag every 3 months or so. Regards.