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<blockquote data-quote="wium78" data-source="post: 919686" data-attributes="member: 402917">Martin-f, i have several actuators in bits and pieces and they vary from Drake,Venture,Echostar etc.As far as i am concerned they are made in the same Chinese factory with a different brand name.I lived in Zimbabwe for many years and in the 80,s i had a 6M dish.Over the years i collected some discarded actuators which i brought down with me when i left in 2002.Big dishes are no longer used in Zimbabwe and South Africa and it is only a few of us that do it as a hobby.Over the years i had to cannibalise the actuators for parts.For a reed switch i use the sensor that is fitted to a door, in a house alarm systemMy problem could well be hardware as i have never worried about setting limit swiches or the limits of the positioner.Also possibly a faulty retraction or extension limit switch in the actuator.Be that as it may several people have written about flopping and i am not sure whether one can always put it down to a hardware problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wium78, post: 919686, member: 402917"] Martin-f, i have several actuators in bits and pieces and they vary from Drake,Venture,Echostar etc.As far as i am concerned they are made in the same Chinese factory with a different brand name.I lived in Zimbabwe for many years and in the 80,s i had a 6M dish.Over the years i collected some discarded actuators which i brought down with me when i left in 2002.Big dishes are no longer used in Zimbabwe and South Africa and it is only a few of us that do it as a hobby.Over the years i had to cannibalise the actuators for parts.For a reed switch i use the sensor that is fitted to a door, in a house alarm system My problem could well be hardware as i have never worried about setting limit swiches or the limits of the positioner.Also possibly a faulty retraction or extension limit switch in the actuator.Be that as it may several people have written about flopping and i am not sure whether one can always put it down to a hardware problem. [/QUOTE]

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