After calibrating the gears on the EQ5, backlash was awful Dec axis I could turn the cog nearly 60° before the axis moved the RA wasnt as bad 20° or so.
I had already tried it in the house and everything seemed fine, set up 3 star alignment sent it to Jupiter first off was only a tad out pulled it into the middle noticed a bit of drift to the right even when I had took my finger off the button.
Sent it to Saturn mount moved 2" to the right stopped and power went off checked all connections power came on once I had entered the details into the handset and done another three star alignment sent it to Jupiter once again a tad out again centred it nice views of 3 moons one on one side two on the other very close to each other. Sent the mount to Saturn same thing again off went the power looked down at power pack that was still on (Blue Light) checked all connections power came on.
Stated all over again this happened a further 3 times when I got fed up and started packing away, took the weight off then went to take dew strips off it was then I found one of the cables was tight it had caught on the locking lever of the tripod and the penny dropped that was what was stopping the mount and pulling on the power cable.
I had packed up nearly everything anyway and want to check that the gears are not slipping so brought everything in.
I have now sent for a portable power supply just a bit bigger than a smartphone with usb`s in and sent for some usb connectors going to replace the 5.5mm x 2.1mm connectors with the usb ones then I can wrap the cable around the OTA plug in and have it in the middle held on with a bungee cord that will stop anything catching again.
Paul