Motor Problems

Monty34

Hi there nice to see a section dedicated to the fibo gregorian dishes

Ive had mine 8 years and suddenly the motor is playing up. Its connected to an echostar 3600ip and Im not sure if its the motor or the receiver. For some reason it has started skipping when moving and then stopping with motor error. When I say skipping I mean the counter on the echostar software. If I do a factory reset then it seems to work for a while but then starts playing up again.

I don't know much about motors but is there a part on its way out. I try to maintain the dish at least twice a year spraying the motor areas with wd40.

regards

Monty34

Just a small update that might help others. I removed motor and opened casing. The problem turned out to be a dry joint where the terminal block is soldered on to the small pcb. cheers and happy viewing

rolfw

Glad you got it sorted, strange for a dry joint to manifest itself after so long.

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apparently its a common fault with these motors, had it happen to me