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<blockquote data-quote="greencajun" data-source="post: 1093272" data-attributes="member: 415480">The good news: the new motor went up easily and was aligned with no difficulties.The bad news: it seems the problem was not the old motor after all. As described in my prior thread, <a href="https://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/threads/dish-will-not-turn-west-help-please.177700/" target="_blank">Dish will not turn west, help please - SatsUK</a>, the problem was that the motor would not turn west, except with the Go to Reference command. The consensus was that the motor was bad, so I bought a new one. The new one worked yesterday during the ground testing, and it worked today on the mast when I was getting it aligned. But after about 30 minutes, the exact same problem surfaced -- the motor will not turn west with the West command on the receiver, with USALS, or with the manual West button on the motor. This motor has 2 LEDs that flash continuously, Red for east and Green for west. The green LED now does not come on at all. But just like the old motor, this motor does turn west if the Go to Reference command is sent.So, it seems the issue is with the receiver, not the motor. Since the new motor did turn west for 30 minutes or so, my big fear is that the receiver was somehow sending too much current up the line and it burned out the west relay or micro-switch in both motors. I'll try a factory reset of the box but I'm not optimistic that will solve the problem. If I could just borrow another receiver, I could test whether it drives the motor west as it should.Any thoughts?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="greencajun, post: 1093272, member: 415480"] The good news: the new motor went up easily and was aligned with no difficulties. The bad news: it seems the problem was not the old motor after all. As described in my prior thread, [URL="https://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/threads/dish-will-not-turn-west-help-please.177700/"]Dish will not turn west, help please - SatsUK[/URL], the problem was that the motor would not turn west, except with the Go to Reference command. The consensus was that the motor was bad, so I bought a new one. The new one worked yesterday during the ground testing, and it worked today on the mast when I was getting it aligned. But after about 30 minutes, the exact same problem surfaced -- the motor will not turn west with the West command on the receiver, with USALS, or with the manual West button on the motor. This motor has 2 LEDs that flash continuously, Red for east and Green for west. The green LED now does not come on at all. But just like the old motor, this motor does turn west if the Go to Reference command is sent. So, it seems the issue is with the receiver, not the motor. Since the new motor did turn west for 30 minutes or so, my big fear is that the receiver was somehow sending too much current up the line and it burned out the west relay or micro-switch in both motors. I'll try a factory reset of the box but I'm not optimistic that will solve the problem. If I could just borrow another receiver, I could test whether it drives the motor west as it should. Any thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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