[Boatanchors] start capacitor

[manualman at juno.com]

I agree.  If it was a good idea, CDE and other rotor manufacturers would
have done this 60 to 70 years ago.

Pete, wa2cwa
http://www.manualman.com


On Fri, 3 May 2013 12:45:32 -0700 (PDT) Glen Zook <gzook at yahoo.com>
writes:
> Since starting capacitors usually go bad long before the rotor, I 
> definitely do NOT recommend putting the capacitor inside the rotor! 
>  That is, unless one really enjoys climbing the tower, removing the 
> rotor, climbing back down, disassembling the rotor, replacing the 
> capacitor, reassembling the rotor, climbing back up the tower, 
> replacing the rotor, and finally climbing back down!
> 
> Doing such is a LOT more work then having more wires in the control 
> cable.
>  
> Glen, K9STH
> 
> 
> Website:  http://k9sth.com
> 
> 
> ________________________________
>  From: Kenneth Grimm <grimm at sbc.edu>
> To: Glen Zook <gzook at yahoo.com> 
> Cc: D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com>; "WA2CWA, Pete 
> Markavage" <manualman at juno.com>; "boatanchors at mailman.qth.net" 
> <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net> 
> Sent: Friday, May 3, 2013 12:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] start capacitor
>  
> 
> 
> Since this is a sealed capacitor, it would be a good candidate for 
> mounting at the rotor instead of in the control box...thereby 
> reducing the number of wires needed in the control cable.