skybadger

Ravpower on Amazon . Only issue is that some turn off if the current draw drops.

Hi Dave. Looking forward to meeting your mesu Sky badger.

Fair point , I hadn't noticed that as its searching similar issues with my EQ8

Maybe I'm mistaken. I shall check tonight. It will be on the engineering fly out (spanner) where the encoder on/off tick box is. MIKE

There's an option in the features of eqmod 2 that does encoder sync. That means you don't need the handset. M

Which is what the naval observatory in Washington use as a transit scope. Been to that one. M

I have used a baader 35mm filter in front of the quark and decided it reduced contrast unacceptably. That was on a st80.

Do your nylon blocks ride in a moulded recess ? Mine don't. But it's still a great idea. Cheers

Hi Across, I'd like to understand more about your last paragraph, since I believe I have one of the too. My shutter rides on Teflon slides. Is this what you are describing ? Do you have some photos please ? Mike

OK, I'll do that, thAnks

I'm a bit surprised that ditching the handset is the answer. Is it only me that finds driving it from the PC such a poor experience ? I start mine (only recently acquired so still working out the best way to do all this for me) in handset mode, check alignment and then move over to direct mode. The reason for this is that the handset doesn't support slews using the skywatcher driver. Haven't worked out why yet, even though the firmware is up to date. Eqmod for me has problems with limits, parking, turning tracking off which I find restrictive and not obvious.

Why the square plate ? All you are doing there is sucking convective heat from the surroundings. Get rid of it, and surround the peltier with insulation to ensure you are cooling the back of the chip only. It will make a big difference. High density pu foam is good. M

I used a power washer to strip the rubber sealant remaining after splitting the clamshell halves. I also used the balde of a plane, used flat to slide between and cut the seal effetivelyy and later to remove the residual silicone. Worked well, just dont cut yourself. I powerwashed the dome and then brushed it down and applied polish via the power washer, like they do in a car wash. Wasn't ever going to polish Just needs a wash now to get the algae off, In the same way as everyone else's I spose. Mike

Thanks for that. Glad it works for you. Definitely exploring this.

Thanks, working on the sequence, I have about 2/3 of a rotation but some are clipped at the edge. Mike