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[TowerTalk] Sluggish Ham 4

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Sluggish Ham 4
From: Chuck Smallhouse <w7cs@theriver.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:46:13 -0700
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Ray,

The phasing capacitor, an AC one, can lose its capacity with age. Most times a sluggish rotator can be corrected with a new capacitor. An over abundance of capacitance and voltage rating, in the new AC capacitor, doesn't seem to affect the rotator's new performance . You will probably have difficulty in getting the exact rating and size locally. I've even had to mount a new larger sized capacitor externally to the control box. Fortunately its leads go across two of the external interface terminals.

Chuck,  W7CS

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