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16 years 3 months ago #58893 by Seanie_Morris
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You can also get those 6 volt block batteries. They are large, I know, but last a very long time. 2 of them running a 12volt item is no problem for them.

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16 years 3 months ago #58965 by Dread
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Let's be careful here, this telescope takes a 9Volt supply.

Btw Rossa here is some information the nice folks at Maplin sent me recently www.maplin.co.uk/newsletter/power.htm . It might be helpful.

Down with vwls.

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16 years 3 months ago #60852 by bertthebudgie
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Hi

Anyone looking to power their little etx70 from the mains look here.


www.greenwich-observatory.co.uk/acatalog/AC300_to_AC349.html

AC337

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Lx90 8' SCT, UHC Narrowband filter
SPC900 Webcam, Atik 16ic
Astrozap Dew Heater
Meade eyepieces & barlows 9,26 and 32mm
Moonfish 32mm 2"
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16 years 3 months ago #60910 by dave_lillis
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Thats a pretty nice piece of kit !

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16 years 3 months ago #61201 by rossa
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cheers lads must organise myself one of those.

Meade ETX 70AT....and saving

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15 years 11 months ago #67950 by Frank Ryan
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Very strange thing...
I had a Halfords battery pack that I thought was dead.
(the life-force was sucked out of the poor thing by the Obsessionator) :D


I was going to bring it back to get a refund but I said I'd
give it one more shot.
I charged it up for 48 hours,
plugged in the ETX and set it up, no trouble so far,
then I did several re alignments, set ups, slews, train drives,
anything I could think of and the battery still read 100%.
I left it set up and went to bed, the next morning it was still
working away.
I even plugged in my laptop and it worked.
This never worked before.

I charged it up again and it looks like its fine.
Very strange.

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