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Well, as if lightning wasn't creating enough scrap around here, the other night my Vbox 7 mover on the Unimesh system took a dump for no apparent reason?? 
It was working fine earlier in the evening when I recorded some stuff but later that night it was toast. After doing some checking the next day I found that the primary coil in the transformer is open so I guess that's why there's no voltage shown on the outputs.
So I connected up a 12volt battery to the motor wires inside the house and had the Wife run it while I was looking at the dish and it worked fine in both directions and was as quiet as a church mouse. So the Von Weise mover doesn't appear to be a problem.
Ennywho, was wondering if by chance anyone might have a good transformer laying around that they'd be willing to sell me?
It was working fine earlier in the evening when I recorded some stuff but later that night it was toast. After doing some checking the next day I found that the primary coil in the transformer is open so I guess that's why there's no voltage shown on the outputs. So I connected up a 12volt battery to the motor wires inside the house and had the Wife run it while I was looking at the dish and it worked fine in both directions and was as quiet as a church mouse. So the Von Weise mover doesn't appear to be a problem.
Ennywho, was wondering if by chance anyone might have a good transformer laying around that they'd be willing to sell me?
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Ebay search doesn't bring back much of anything on those FR numbers? Google didn't do much better either as far as a supplier goes. Digikey didn't list them at all. May check locally today to see what I can find.
Interestingly enough, that Motek Vbox II controller I just bought recently has the 1N5402 Diodes which are 200v 3A and it has a 5A fuse on the main board?? This Vbox 7 I'm working on has the 1N5408 which is a 1000V 3A but it only had a 2A fuse on the board?? Not sure I understand all that because that fuse "seems" to be feeding that 38v to these diodes?
I think I'm getting a headache!
I think I'm getting a headache!
Don't feel bad Lone... The last electronic device I 'fixed' hasn't worked since.
Don't feel bad Lone... The last electronic device I 'fixed' hasn't worked since.
Yeah, I'm afraid that might be the case here. I can't ever remember soldering anything on a board before. Only positive note is that they are pretty large and there's nothing else close to them.
And on that note, since I've already ordered the OEM diodes, I just better concentrate on trying to fix this one rather than modifying it not knowing whether something else might be horked up or not.
Ebay shipping says that those diodes won't get here until Monday of next week so I'll update after I get them.
Thanks for the help/suggestions guys.
My hourly rates back when I was a TV repairman,$15,if you watch $25,if you help $50. 
Well, my darling Wife went by the Electronics parts store while she was in town today and bought me some fuses for this Vbox 7 I've been working on. They had a 3.15 fast acting fuse so she got a box of those.
I set it up on the desk here and ran that Super Jack with it a few times while checking the temps of stuff with my infrared heat gun and nothing seemed to be over heating. Then I connected it to my Winegard dish and proceeded to make East lock to West lock runs with it and after 3 of those I checked temps again and the hottest thing I saw was two of the downstream diodes were at 105*f. But before I could get all the sats programmed in a storm came up and EVERYTHING got disconnected!!
So my "rig" job on that diode where the gold was missing on the board seems to be working, for now!
So now I guess I ought to pull out that pie of Vbox X controllers and see if I can salvage one of those?
I set it up on the desk here and ran that Super Jack with it a few times while checking the temps of stuff with my infrared heat gun and nothing seemed to be over heating. Then I connected it to my Winegard dish and proceeded to make East lock to West lock runs with it and after 3 of those I checked temps again and the hottest thing I saw was two of the downstream diodes were at 105*f. But before I could get all the sats programmed in a storm came up and EVERYTHING got disconnected!!
So my "rig" job on that diode where the gold was missing on the board seems to be working, for now!
So now I guess I ought to pull out that pie of Vbox X controllers and see if I can salvage one of those?
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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College Football Playoff nears agreement on 24-team expansion that could end title games
The College Football Playoff field is about to get much more crowded as the conferences near a deal to double the size of the field to 24 teams starting next year
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I created this thread on the original Edgecutter Cutting Edge Forums site. It's simply a place for those to review the latest software available for those using Windows 10 and Windows 11. To date it has received 112,559 views. I have been asked by staff to continue this thread here.
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To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
For niche use cases, yes I agree. Kali for ethical hacking and security testing, and running a Cacti server for network monitoring are the two things I have experience in. Plus thousands and thousands of other things, but for every day use I just can't see it. The owner of the GMRS repeater that I pay to access is changing the Tx DPL tones tomorrow, while Chirp is available on Linux, the software to program my MXT500 is not.To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
I run Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare, honestly I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows. The cartoonish dock at the bottom of the screen reminds me of Apple products.
As I said above, and, FWIW, I run Win11 Pro and Arch on separate 250 GB NVME drives, using F8 to select which I boot to, with a 1TB SSD for storage, accessible to both OSs and a third formatted Nvme I want to use to learn Kali. It was much faster to setup Arch than it was to strip down Windows. Windows still takes much longer to boot.
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Hard getting used to the new younger Gibbs, Mark Harmons son had the right look but I understand he didn't want the role.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
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Still the same number of years, just more Sunsets…Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?
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Starting a thread klang !
After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.
After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.
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One episode into season 4 that dropped today...
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This thread is a place to discuss the 4K events that appear on channel 540. We are getting, at this point, one college football game a week. Let's hope there is more coming.
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Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
As I recall you have the Flex package. Do you sub to multisport? -02 is FS1 and -03 is ESPN. -01 is Fox so you would get that if you sub to locals.Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5R5Aw27yr0
Direct YouTube Link - A State Cyber-emergency in Japan
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5R5Aw27yr0
Direct YouTube Link - A State Cyber-emergency in Japan
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TWiT Tech Podcast Network
Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEmNun8Ms4s
Direct YouTube Link - AI and Mathematicians
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEmNun8Ms4s
Direct YouTube Link - AI and Mathematicians
TWIT's Website
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