|
Posted by Avery on October 8, 2007, 9:04 am
wrote:
>jmagerl wrote:
>
>> My TV antenna is (or I should say was) controlled by an Alliance U110
>> antenna rotor. My wonderful brother knocked the control head off of its
>> shelf and all the wires to the motor came off.
>>
>> The terminals are labeled 1,2,3,4 and the wires are red, green, white,
>> black, hence the problem. WHich wire goes to which terminal.
>>
>> here is a link to the instruction manual with schematic.
>> http://www.geocities.com/jmagerl@sbcglobal.net IS there any way using an
>> ohmmeter to identify at least one wire? Is it safe to try all 24 different
>> combinations without blowing something up?
>>
>> The wires on the motor end are not visible from the ground (its 40 ft up)
>> and its not feasable to pull the antenna down without 30 people to help.
>> (Did I say Pizza party?)
>>
>> Theres a lesson here....record wire information and put it in a safe
>> spot....no thats not it...Dont let let your freakin brother near your
>> stuff!!! yeah...thats it.
>>
>>
>Don't let your wife near your freaking computer stuff, either. Hubby
>always has had twice as many wires to hook up stuff as a normal person
>has, so whilst he was indisposed for a week, I cleaned the computer lab.
> So many darn phone plugs, I took out all the "spares" and put them in
>a drawer. Including DSL filters. Who knew? At least I got rid of the
>cracked 3-in-1 plug that hooked onto a three prong extension cord that
>plugged into a two-prong ext. cord that ran under the mattress to the
>plug-in strip on other side of the bedroom.
So, how do you now get power to the appliances on that side of the
bedroom, or do they all use AA cells?
|