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ItsPhilD

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  1. Before purchasing my Evolution 8 I downloaded the owner's manual and read through it. It's not very long and it's not very content rich let's say. One of the big areas of concern I had was about the battery. After receiving the setup earlier this week, and setting it up, I glanced through the enclosed owner's manual and there were no improvement or additions. So this morning I called Celestron first thing and got a lot of answer about all of my questions. I have attached their response which I received only a few hours after my call. Hello Sir, After talking to our Product Development team. They have informed me that they type of chemistry that is being used in the battery is Lithium Phosphate. The battery will hold a charge for very long periods of time and is designed to last 10 years before needing a replacement. The engineer that I spoke to they will be making an amendment to the manual stating if you plant on not using your mount for long periods of time, that you should refresh the battery every 3 months. (He mentioned that this is overkill and you could get away with refreshing the battery every six months) You do not need to fully charge the battery once you get the new scope unless the power level is low. You can view the power level on the app or on the hand controller. It will give you high, medium and low. The app will also display at what voltage the battery is discharging. for example it may read "Discharging - 9.91v (High)" Charging the battery once you get the scope wouldn't really hurt it. As for replacement batteries, We will be selling them in the future. A customer will be able to swap them out with a set of hand tools in about 30 minutes. We will likely have an instructional video on how to do it when around the time when the batteries are starting to die out. If there is anything else that I can support you with please let me know. Jonathan Cheek Technical Support Representative 2835 Columbia Street | Torrance, CA 90503
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