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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1146365" data-attributes="member: 176704">FWIW, the connection here between the SX88+ and the Alsat Superior motor at the end of the garden is at least 25m and consists of a mixture of long lengths of 25yr old RG6 (!) and (I think!) WF100 &amp;/or CT150 and with an antenna relay switch, a Smart Priority Switch (SPS) and quite a few (possibly 5 or 6)&nbsp; short lengths of WF100 linking various of those items to the motor connection on the motor under the 1.2m Gibby - i.e. a horrible mishmash of &quot;stuff&quot; with multiple F-connections and which most of the colleagues on the forum would roundly (and rightly!) condemn! However that mishmash does work and the motor does drive the dish from 53E to 40W (would probably go further but the arc is limited by surrounding buildings!).Also to confirm that a reduced voltage to the motor would certainly not cause a &quot;short&quot; provided that all the connections are correctly made and waterproofed, although it could possibly cause the motor to run more slowly, and/or possibly to stall if the dish load is too heavy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1146365, member: 176704"] FWIW, the connection here between the SX88+ and the Alsat Superior motor at the end of the garden is at least 25m and consists of a mixture of long lengths of 25yr old RG6 (!) and (I think!) WF100 &/or CT150 and with an antenna relay switch, a Smart Priority Switch (SPS) and quite a few (possibly 5 or 6) short lengths of WF100 linking various of those items to the motor connection on the motor under the 1.2m Gibby - i.e. a [B][I]horrible [/I][/B]mishmash of "stuff" with multiple F-connections and which most of the colleagues on the forum would roundly (and rightly!) condemn! However that mishmash [B][I]does[/I][/B] work and the motor does drive the dish from 53E to 40W (would probably go further but the arc is limited by surrounding buildings!). Also to confirm that a reduced voltage to the motor would certainly [I]not [/I]cause a "short" provided that all the connections are correctly made and waterproofed, although it could possibly cause the motor to run more slowly, and/or possibly to stall if the dish load is too heavy. [/QUOTE]

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