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Re: (ET) Lift motor ideas?



well if you google on "linear actuator satellite dish" you will get about 14,000 hits

 

One is:  http://www.summitsource.com/product_info.php?ref=1&products_id=8220

 

This is an 18 inch stroke, 36 VDC dish mover for about $50.   This is NOT a vendor endorsement - just a demonstration of the  search.  I don't know the folks selling, and I don't know the brand of actuator offered, othe than I have seen it a lot.

 

Pieter

 

From: stupidemail5 lycos com [mailto:stupidemail5 lycos com]
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 1:57 PM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) Lift motor ideas?

 

OK Denis, source source......

On Feb 27, 2011, Pieter Litchfield <pieter_litch yahoo com> wrote:

And they are cheaper than buying a general purpose actuator.  I believe they use reed switches to allow their controllers to "count" angles between satellite positions, but these can be ignored.  Most satellite movers have a convenient movable clamping arrangement as well.

 

From: Denis Carrier [mailto:carrier denis gmail com]
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 8:18 AM
To: Pieter Litchfield
Subject: Re: (ET) Lift motor ideas?

 

What about using a 36 volt satellite arm dish mover. They are quite strong (1000 lbs) and made to be used outdoor. They have up to 36 in of stroke.  I got one that I want to use on a small dumping trailer for my E-20.

Denis

2011/2/26 Pieter Litchfield <pieter_litch yahoo com>

I use a few "linear actuators" - the electrical version of a hydraulic
cylinder.  Mine are 12 volt, but I bet there are some 36 volt versions out
there.  This would be quite different than the strap lift in that it would
be positive down pressure and position holding rather than the lift only
(and float) strap arrangement, so it might not be useful with all
implements.  But it would make a cool dozer.  I use one rated at 400 pounds
on a ski trail groomer, and it has been exposed to snow and ice as well as
punishing loads for several years with no problem.  It would be ridiculously
easy to install one in place of the lift..


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From: Reo43 aol com [mailto:Reo43 aol com]
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 12:40 PM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) Lift motor ideas?

In a message dated Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:38:40 Chris Tromley writes:

> My New Idea EGT-150 is in some ways a newer version of your  E-15.
> I seem to remember reading the EGT lift motor is stronger and runs
> on 36V.  Can anyone verify?  If true that might be the  easiest upgrade.

================================
I have a New Idea big frame tractor,  and the lift motor is entirely
different than any I have seen on the GE  tractors. It appears to me to be a
much
heavier motor, and has a different gear  box arrangement. It is definitely
NOT a window lift motor from a GM car. I have  posted several photos on my
Kodak photo site at: http://goo.gl/NIAzs

When  I attached one of these lifts to a GE front bumper I had to redrill
the holes in  the bumper.

I did see on this forum that some New Idea lift motors were  rated for 36
volts, and these were suppposed to have an orange dot on the motor,  as I
recall. I couldn't see any orange dot on the two NI motors that I have so I

stayed with 18 volts.

I have previously suggested using a motor and gear  box that are made for
moving slide rooms in RV's. If you have an RV salvage  store in your area I
would suggest looking there. I am in the heart of the RV  industry in
northern Indiana, and we have several of these stores, with a big  selection
of
slide room motors. I have several of these in my "stuff". One of  them is
way
too slow, but another one appears to be about right, although I have  had no

need to adapt this to my New Idea, so I don't know whether it would  work.

Erv Troyer
Lagrange, IN


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