could my motor turn my box off
- Thread starter dwainues
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Perhaps it may be an idea to bypass the motor by joining the cables with a barrel for a while to test if you get the same error.
M3NTAL
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My old faulty motor used to cause all number of untold errors. I replaced a few boxes thinking they were to fault, finally I realised that water had gotten into my motor and was sending all sorts of currents back down the coax causing the boxes to freak out.
Here's one for the books, a friend called me and said he can get 1w, 13e,19.2e and so on BUT not Sirius 4.8e. Now I know his small holding and the dish position, and knew there was absolutely nothing in the signal path. He also mentioned that if he had a dry spell he could sometimes get 4.8e. I went out to have a look (his dish and motor are mounted on a low wall so I could stand behind them and watch).
I asked him to get 1w and he did, then 13e and again no problem then I asked for 4.8e and the motor sailed past the correct position (he was using USALS so it should have found it easy).
I noticed a VERY thin crack in the LNB case easily overlooked so I changed the LNB, hey presto 4.8e came in no problem.
What was happening was when it rained some was seeping into the LNB and causing the dish/motor to miss track, odd that only one satellite was affected but there you go.
That was about 5 years ago and no complaints up to now.
M3NTAL
Banned
You have more or less recreated my problem. 
Mine would skip certain satellites but would also decide to move on it's own accord...not forgetting the random reboots which were probably caused by the overloaded return voltage from the LNB.
lol
Mine would skip certain satellites but would also decide to move on it's own accord...not forgetting the random reboots which were probably caused by the overloaded return voltage from the LNB.
lol
You have more or less recreated my problem.
Mine would skip certain satellites but would also decide to move on it's own accord...not forgetting the random reboots which were probably caused by the overloaded return voltage from the LNB.
lol
As I said it was a very fine split in the LNB casing but out of interest I cut the old one open, just a slight stain where the rain had got in thats all it needed to cause this fault in his case. BUT from then on I always make sure that all cable joints are well and truly waterproofed especially the "F" connectors and if the LNB has a pull down cover I use it. It is surprising just how many dish/motors I see with exposed "F" connectors (not always DIY installations either) if only the DIYer's would remember that their dish will be out in all weathers exposed to rain and sun maybe for years and if rain can get into the connections then it will sooner or later.
