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    Technomate tm-2200 super disqec motor.

    My motor has just decided to stop working. I have taken it to bits and can't see anything obviously wrong, everything looks nice and clean. There is power reaching it but it just seems dead.
    Any advice on replacement. (Goldwafers don't seem to sell them)

    It is for a 1m alloy dish.

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    It's difficult to get hold of a lot of things, I had to wait two months for fence panels.
    Why not contact Lee, at Goldwafers, and see what he recommends, and can source, for you.

    just to add that my parents motor stopped working, a few months back, and all it took was re-making the cable ends, even though power seemed to be getting through.
    I assume that since you had the motor removed, you tried it near your receiver, with a new piece of cable?
    Have you also checked your receiver is putting out sufficient power, as power supply units can start failing?
    Last edited by Mickha; 22-09-2021 at 04:07 PM.

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    TM-2200 is obviously really,really old FROM 2007 ...i'd say you did well to make it last that long 10+ Years is a good run since the gears were cheap nylon it was not made to last so long .
    The Technomate TM-2600 DiSEcQ Motor is much faster and more effective with solid gears but they are in very,very limited supply
    most sellers such as Goldwafers and many more struggle very hard now to get any stock ...same story with Actuator Arms
    they are all sold out or in very short limited supply everywhere most places just sell the older TM-2300 which again is nylon gears and not as good as the TM-2600 but may do the job for a quick fix .
    There is still a few TM2600's on Flea-bay worth a try if all else fails : )

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    I put it back together and the bloody thing lit up and started working again, but as Barney says, it is old and probably on it's last legs.
    So rather than risking put it back on my dish again I have ordered a tm2300 m3 which should be here tomorrow.

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    My new motor arrived this morning, so had a busy day up and down the ladder. Finally got it working on all sats (30W-45E) and then...no signal...then it would reappear before going again. It was the LNB that had come out in sympathy with the old motor. I had a old one fastened together with tape. So fitted that for now and I am back in action. I've ordered a new one. More expense.

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    At least you've still got some good weather, to work in, and it will be ready for winter.

    Apparently Christmas started today, at least on 28.2E, where great classic has now changed to all Christmas movies.

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    My 2300 is still up from about the same date range, but i also have a 2600 sat on the shelf in the garage just in case.

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    Technomate TM2600 No longer available they told me at Technomate last Monday non on ******* site

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    Hello to everyone and hope you all ok in these difficult times....in my opinion the TM2600 is the best motor i have come across...I installed dozens of these motors ..its a shame that they are no longer available........Regards

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    The new motor I got 1 1/2 years ago has stopped working properly. I has been working good but now it moves towards where I send it, but stops before it gets there.
    I have checked all connections and can confirm that I am getting a voltage reading at the f connector at the motor end. When I press the button on the motor it moves for about 2secs then stops. Same thing when I do it from receiver. I have also reset the motor - didn't help.
    I still have my old motor in the shed. I will dig it out tomorrow and connect it to my receiver to see if that works.
    Last edited by Satcat; 13-05-2023 at 09:14 AM.

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    Put my old TM2200 motor back on and dish is moving as it should.
    Don't know what went wrong with the new one.

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    check the reed switch

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    Thanks, but I don't think diseqc motors have reed switches.

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    Last week my old TM2200 stopped working so I put the TM2600 back on which has decided to work again.

    I think I have discovered why both motors were playing up. On the motor where the female connector is there is a nut that holds the connector in place and also makes the connection between the outside of the connector and the motor chassis. If it becomes slack the motor doesn't work.
    It is not easy to tighten unless you have a very thin walled, long 11mm socket, but I managed to tighten it enough with a couple of small screwdrivers.
    Last edited by Satcat; 18-09-2023 at 06:59 PM.

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    if you use Crimp on F Connectors it makes a far more solid connection and there is no slack in the cable.
    if any slack or corrosion or wet it can give Orange light or no light on motor .
    i have 2x 88cm Triax dishes both with TM2600 motors i got lucky and bought a couple before Technomate went bust : )
    not had any issues driving either dish the Usual standard F Connectors can be a pain to screw on tight worse still with other Disecq motors where is really hard to screw F Connectors tight as there is just no room to maneuver .

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    system sat sell Technomate motor £55 .

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    @Barney. Thanks for your advice on fitting f connectors, but it wasn't the connector on the cable I was referring to, it was the connector on the motor body.

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