GOOD MOTORS

[patfun]

Hi, I would like to buy a new motor and wanted advice for the best motors for atleast 90 cm dish?The last two i had used to most of the times miss satellites programed on my receivers.

 

[Ferret]

If it a usuals motor your after none will last as long as a Stabb mount, not the fastest but lasts and i solid with no play at all. Good in areas where the dish will be battered by winds.

 

[EW79]

Stab HH90, five years use no troubles. Cost £60

 

[Coastman]

Can only confirm what others have said had Stab HH120 motor now for over three years and no manual realignment being necessary in that time and has been said very little adjustment on maximum signal on sats if any after any bad weather. It is a fairly slow motor going round the sats compared to some others but feel the advantages of the things mentioned more than compensate for this.

 

[barney115]

Tmate2600 H-H Disecq motor very fast perfect for 90cm dish ive had my old version TMate 2200 H-H Disecq motor on my 88cm Triax dish since 2006 very fast and no play at all in motor arm .
StaB motors are indeed very very slow so i would not reccomend since Tmate motor is at least 3 x faster and in general a much better motor .
i mostly use nowadays Actuator arms on my 2meter and 1.2m dishes only have 1 dish 88cm triax with TMate 2200 H-H motor and it works and tracks perfect and very fast and reliable also .
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barney

 

[mdt]

ive been using my stab 100 for 3 and a half years with a td1.1 dish and it finds the sat everytime. best 13v/18v motors available today bar none! regards mdt

 

[barney115]

Done a test recently Stab motor drove from 28e to 19e
time = 24 secs

drove a TMate2600 motor from 28e to 19e
time = 8 secs

This proves my theory that tmate is infact 3 times faster than StaB motor .

i think both motors are built to withstand quite a lot of abuse and wind and both motors are designed for that so the only negative factor i can say regarding StaB is its very slow speed .
i wud even advise a Fortecstar motor cheap enuff aswell and a good solid all round fast disecq motor .

But in my humble opinion nothing will be better than a good heavy actuator arm but most smaller offset dishes are only designed for Disecq motors ..bit of a shame really .


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barney

 

[dale094]

Technomate 2600 far better than stab with metal gears too and faster than a Stab anytime.

 

[Coastman]

Technomate 2600 far better than stab with metal gears too and faster than a Stab anytime.

Do you or anyone know which sat is the limit on a 2600 is east/west when set up in the uk by that i mean not what a person is receiving but what they could receive if full line of sight on the arc. Some motors like the stab have a limit set so even if you have clear line of sight is not able to move any further.

 

[weecooter]

why hasn`t any body said about the new darkmotor cos im thinking about one any help ?

 

[barfly]

I,ve been using a Cryptic V Bracket H-H motor for 5-6 yrs now, with a 1mtr steel dish, very well built, solid,reliable & pretty quick too.

 

[barney115]

why hasn`t any body said about the new darkmotor cos im thinking about one any help ?

Darkmotor is ok aswell but just very awkward fitting F connectors as there is limited space to work with when Darkmotor is fully assembled and braket is attached ,
but saying that ive used New darkmotor and did not find nothing wrong except design wasnt very well thought out after braket is attached but once cables and F connectors are fitted motor drives accurate and fast and very strong Arm which proves effective in strong winds :thum:
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barney

 

[AceB]

Do you or anyone know which sat is the limit on a 2600 is east/west when set up in the uk by that i mean not what a person is receiving but what they could receive if full line of sight on the arc. Some motors like the stab have a limit set so even if you have clear line of sight is not able to move any further.

I'm using an Motek 2100A which looks of similar construction and get from 68.5E to 61W without problems, I pushed the hardware limits out as far as they would go before installing it.

 

[Coastman]

I'm using an Motek 2100A which looks of similar construction and get from 68.5E to 61W without problems, I pushed the hardware limits out as far as they would go before installing it.

Thanks for the info on query AceB. That was the reply i was looking for as initially though just putting motor up would be sufficient to get full view of arc but now realise can go further if limits on this motor are activated and should be able to go further round than my stab motor.

 

[o-dog]

I swear to Stab 120!!! Like my Motor!

 

[wimax]

Good..I like motor

 

[barney115]

I'm using an Motek 2100A which looks of similar construction and get from 68.5E to 61W without problems, I pushed the hardware limits out as far as they would go before installing it.

Motek is basicaly a TMate motor no diffrence really but ceratainly a superb motor ive used a few Motek motors and even Fortecstar all very much similar all preform really well and drive really good
and quick aswell
maybbe 3 x faster than any StaB motor

But again i prefer my actuator Arms they be damn hard to beat in a real heavy gale force wind just my opinion through my own personal experience .

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barney

 

[macalad]

Cryptic hh for me now 10 yrs+,made by stab and hopefully 10 more years(touch wood).

 

[Xochimilco]

Done a test recently Stab motor drove from 28e to 19e
time = 24 secs

drove a TMate2600 motor from 28e to 19e
time = 8 secs

This proves my theory that tmate is infact 3 times faster than StaB motor .

i think both motors are built to withstand quite a lot of abuse and wind and both motors are designed for that so the only negative factor i can say regarding StaB is its very slow speed .
i wud even advise a Fortecstar motor cheap enuff aswell and a good solid all round fast disecq motor .

But in my humble opinion nothing will be better than a good heavy actuator arm but most smaller offset dishes are only designed for Disecq motors ..bit of a shame really .


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barney

Jus got an Technmate 7102 reciver
drove a Alsat Supreme Intelligent Dark Motor from 28e to 19e
time = 6 secs

 

[force1]

Stab was the first Disecq motor, i was first to sell it in UK in full working order. The quality is superb but it is pricey. The speed of movement depends on wether you select a vertical or horizontal chanel, horizontal is 18 volts remember ? The current range of cheap motors work ok but seem to suffer with a lot of free play which means constant adjustment. Anyway enough for now, any questions please contact me.