That boom angle sensor I rigged up with a cheap inclinometer actually worked better than the OEM part

My LTM 1050's factory angle sensor started glitching on a tight pick in Denver last month so I wired in a $15 digital inclinometer from Amazon as a temp fix and now I'm getting readings within half a degree of my manual calculations every time, has anyone else tried replacing expensive sensors with off-the-shelf stuff?

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barbarah1921h ago

Buddy of mine did the same on his 3050 and it held up six months.

nora_park17h ago

Oh man @barbarah19, that's rough. Sorry to hear about your friend's card, six months is a short run for any GPU. It's a real gamble pushing them past their limits, even on the newer models.

shanelee13h ago

Worked better than the OEM part" - that's exactly what happened to my buddy Mike on his old Grove. He had a faulty outrigger pressure sensor that kept throwing false low-pressure alarms on every other job last summer. So he grabbed a standard pressure transducer from a local hydraulic supply shop for like 40 bucks, wired it in with some waterproof connectors, and it ran without a single hiccup for six months straight until he sold the crane. He said the factory part was around 400 dollars and took a week to ship, while his rigged setup worked day one.