[AZ-Observing] Re: Cable Gone Out

  • From: Stan Gorodenski <stanlep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:01:56 -0700


Dan Heim wrote:

>Stan et al.
>
>One of the guys in my club had a similar problem and ended up replacing the
>whole paddle + cable system ... now it works fine.
>
>This may go back to an earlier discussion regarding how Meade has changed
>over the last 10 years.  Probably cheap cable.  You'd think they'd use a
>cable with decent stranded (more flexible) wires, but I wouldn't be
>surprised if they were using solid a.o.t. stranded.  Did you ever strip that
>old cable to see what the internal wires were?
>  
>

I didn't take it apart, but the plastic clip is transparent. Under the 
binocular microscope I could see twisted wires. So it appears they are 
twisted wires, not a single solid wire for each of the four, and they 
are copper in color.
Stan


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