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spiezzy
02-09-2016, 10:02 AM
hi to all
I am just wondering what the difference is between the Losmandy old Maxon motors and the new High Toque ones
cheers Pete :thanx:

UniPol
02-09-2016, 10:33 AM
Noisier!

spiezzy
02-09-2016, 06:38 PM
hi there Unipol are you saying the new high torque are noisier ?
cheers Pete

lazjen
02-09-2016, 09:58 PM
I don't know what the old motors were like for noise, but the new ones can make a good job of waking the dead especially if used at high speed.

spiezzy
02-09-2016, 10:42 PM
mmm Thats interesting Chris I find the Maxon motors quiet I was thinking of upgrading but if they are noisier I may not I was under the impression that they might have a lot more grunt
cheers Pete :thanx:

Atmos
02-09-2016, 11:19 PM
Would you know of a comparison between these motors and the Meade LX200 slewing? I stopped using it at my house in the burbs because I didn't want to wake the neighbours!

spiezzy
02-09-2016, 11:35 PM
well I reckon the Maxon standard Motors are quitter thank my old LX200r 10"
by far

lazjen
03-09-2016, 07:54 AM
No, I don't know.

It's really at high speed that they're very noisy. I just dropped the slew rate down (it's easy to adjust) and it's ok then.

cfranks
03-09-2016, 11:25 AM
I have a Maxxon on the Dec axis and a High Torque on the RA and don't find the noise a problem. Unless you are ramping up the payload, I'm not sure there will be much benefit in replacing the Maxxon with a HT.

spiezzy
03-09-2016, 01:18 PM
thanks Charles
thats what I wanted to hear I will stick with the Maxxon Motors

Exfso
03-09-2016, 03:00 PM
You want to hear noisy motors, the old LXD55 sounded like a turbocharged car at full tilt, absolutely deafening..:rolleyes: