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This is the fourth 3060 programmer I have fitted and at around the hundred pound mark I find that it is expensive equipment. Each time I have had the same fault which is the shaft on the programmer knob , where the flat on the shaft becomes rounded. The other problem has always been that the red and blue, on and off levers,become almost impossible to alter and takes a great deal of finger strength
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The controller is a direct replacement for the original Randall, which served for some 35 years. The only problem with the old controller was that the motor burned out. This seems to be a common fault and It can at this stage only be hoped that the new unit has had this issue addressed, It was possible to unscrew the old controller and withdraw it from the socket. The new controller was then inserted and the fixing screws insterted into the back plate and tightened, The screws in the new controller do mate with the threads in the old backplate but are significantly shorter, such that there is almost none of the thread protruding from the backplate. The only other criticism is regarding the operating shaft on which the knob is mounted. The old units have a steel shaft, around 6.3mm in diameter. This new unit has a very much smaller diameter shaft, fabricated from some form of fibre, possibly SRBF. There is a worry when rotating the knob that it may fail. It must be said that the larger and more robust steel shaft has superiority. All in all, a replacement for the previous unit, although the quality has been slightly marred by the fibre shaft. A little expensive for what it is, but faced with the alternative, ie the inconvenience of installing and wiring a completely new system, an acceptable expense. Ultimately, only time will tell.Read full review
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