Every install picture I find

Licinius

Suggests I have fitted my motor upside down

http://www.satalogue.com/section4/images/mount.jpg

If i have fitted it upside down well what can I say............. it works

beintot

looks in the exact same position as the motor photo in the stab installation manual,i've yet to fit my motor,how long did it take to do the install and tuning in?

Licinius

That piccie is not of my install m8, thats one that I found on the web. My motor points downwards

If you install the way shown, the rain can fall directly onto your coax F type connections, at least my way the F types have a little bit more shelter on the underside, and as I say it works both ways.

I spent 2 days on my install m8, but it could have easily been done in only 1. At the start of day 2 I took my dish down & realligned the dish with the motor (which was well out). I took the advice of people on here & spent about 2 hours making sure my wall bracket was as perfect as I could get it. Even putting washers underneath 2 corners to offset for some uneven brickwork.

I think a pole with 2 brackets would be far easier to install than this one that I used.
http://www.cemsat.com/z/ebay/P/wallbracket-system.jpg

wod

those L shaped ones aren't so good as they can twist when the dish moves , a set of t&k brackets with a length of scaffold pole would have been better

BGonaSTICK

Some motors point up, some down. If in doubt, just !

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wod

usually the stab motors face up and the moteck ones face down i've noticed

arfster

Makes sense - you're always going to have the connectors on the underside, surely?

Lord Minty

My HH90 Stab faces down.... honest!

rolfw

Yes, as a general rule, the connectors are on the bottom of the motor.

I have on more than one occasion, sorted out motorised setups and the first thing i had to do was put the motor the right way up.

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VincentVega

Rule number one = If it ain't broke etc etc

rolfw

I always thought that the first law of the hobbyist was:

If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.

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