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[TowerTalk] T2X Brake circuit mod

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Subject: [TowerTalk] T2X Brake circuit mod
From: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.)
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 18:13:17 -0700
On Mon, 8 Nov 1999 18:45:26 -0600, Merv Schweigert wrote:

> I think you may want the brake to release ahead of the motor 
> trying to turn is the idea behind the brake first switch..  the 
> brake wedge needs to pull out of the teeth before the motor 
> trys to turn or the rotor "sticks" a lot of the time and you end
> up "jogging" the motor back and forth to free the brake..
> At least all mine work that way.. 73 Merv K9FD

The motor doesn't energize until the brake is energized.  The rocking
problem has been discussed here before and is probably a hardware
problem.  Mine does it too, whether I release the brake first or not.

Gary
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