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<blockquote data-quote="Old Satellite" data-source="post: 5329" data-attributes="member: 175277">[updated:LAST EDITED ON 14-Jun-02 AT 01:04 PM (GMT)]Hi Jackpeas,It only takes a couple of 1/16ths and your jack will need a lot my current(amps) to drive. one of the easy ways to check is to see if you have areas of the jack arm that have all of the paint or metal scraped off when it extends.Next i seem to rememer in the previous post that you had sent the declination to 6.5 is that correct ?According to the DH manual chicago is approx 41.5N 87 west that normally means approx 5.66. would be the declination can you check this out jackpeas?Test the jacks first with the battery charger without any load on the ground what current(amps) do they draw ?Normally for the super jack and von wiese draw around two amps with no load and around the 1.8-2.7 amp when first starting with out load (measured on a digital power supply)I see only an extra 0.5 amp under load for driving the elevation on my 3.7Is unlikely that they are all bent - unless as Channel Hopper said that some thing is majorly wrong at the mount.Please also check that cable as not suffered from the excess load that it has been subjected to - avoid a fire now! any signs then change it out.I would leave the recievers alone for the moment to prevent any further potential damage.The baterry charger is a cheaper option at the moment? to get the mount problem fixed.RegardsOld Satellite</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Old Satellite, post: 5329, member: 175277"] [updated:LAST EDITED ON 14-Jun-02 AT 01:04 PM (GMT)]Hi Jackpeas, It only takes a couple of 1/16ths and your jack will need a lot my current(amps) to drive. one of the easy ways to check is to see if you have areas of the jack arm that have all of the paint or metal scraped off when it extends. Next i seem to rememer in the previous post that you had sent the declination to 6.5 is that correct ? According to the DH manual chicago is approx 41.5N 87 west that normally means approx 5.66. would be the declination can you check this out jackpeas? Test the jacks first with the battery charger without any load on the ground what current(amps) do they draw ? Normally for the super jack and von wiese draw around two amps with no load and around the 1.8-2.7 amp when first starting with out load (measured on a digital power supply) I see only an extra 0.5 amp under load for driving the elevation on my 3.7 Is unlikely that they are all bent - unless as Channel Hopper said that some thing is majorly wrong at the mount. Please also check that cable as not suffered from the excess load that it has been subjected to - avoid a fire now! any signs then change it out. I would leave the recievers alone for the moment to prevent any further potential damage. The baterry charger is a cheaper option at the moment? to get the mount problem fixed. Regards Old Satellite [/QUOTE]

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