What is the difference with Losmandy High toque motors

[spiezzy]

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

[UniPol]

Noisier!

[spiezzy]

hi there Unipol are you saying the new high torque are noisier ?
cheers Pete

[lazjen (Chris)]

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]

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

[Atmos (Colin)]

Originally Posted by lazjen

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.

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]

well I reckon the Maxon standard Motors are quitter thank my old LX200r 10"
by far

[lazjen (Chris)]

Originally Posted by Atmos

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!

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 (Charles)]

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]

thanks Charles
thats what I wanted to hear I will stick with the Maxxon Motors

[Exfso (Peter)]

You want to hear noisy motors, the old LXD55 sounded like a turbocharged car at full tilt, absolutely deafening..