noticed a pattern!

After watching the repair video from Dakota Starry Nights, I analysed the faults with Nicole's Celestron CGEM mount and I found a most curious pattern! In many instances where I personally saw the mount freeze up or lock up in RA, the OTA was on the east side of the meridian and the counterweights were on the west.

date	time	link	object	azimuth	altitude
7 Oct '16	16:30	post	Sun	236	22
8 Oct '16	23:59	post	Dumbbell	279	24
9 Oct '16	02:59	post	NGC 7814	244	46
17 Mar '18	00:40	post	ψ5 Aur	302	32
18 Mar '18	21:54	post	42 Ori	247	16

The 7 Oct time is estimated. There are some other incidents but I am not sure where the mount was pointing at the time...

Now I'm aiming into this area to see if the problem re-emerges.