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If I do that bit of join a red to red and black to black but to an usb cable, can I get it to work connected to a power bank?
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Hi all,
I haven't posted in yeeaars.
Last weekend I brought my dad's Meade ETX-70 and I was thinking about converting the AA battery pack into something else, like connected to a powerbank. Yesterday I found out that one of the connections got corroded (the batteries were there since my dad bought it - 7 years ago), not the one in the photo and one of the wires got loose.
Is there anybody here who has made the same modification, or does anyone know a good step by step tutorial. I've never soldered anything but I am willing to do it if the tutorial explains it well on how to do it.
Thank you for the support
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I have on made out of an old cosmetic metal case. Nothing profession like yours [emoji3]
I'll post a photo just for the laughs
ETX-70 Alternative power supply
in DIY Astronomer
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Well I had a USB cable laying around I cut it and used the USB A side to connect it to a Power bank and the scope came to live but it didn't have the strength to move the motors as it was always getting an error message.
I ordered an 8 AA battery pack from a local electronics store for 1.40$ and I just have to connect to existing wires.
The actual battery holder that my ETX has is 6 making a 9V, so I am stepping up to 12V.