Stupidest thing you have done to date

[Mr Q]

Luckily, the lights in my fridge are broken!

No problem Ant - put a red bulb in the fridge (and all over the house like night running lights in a submarine) - problem solved!

[Zakalwe]

Spent 30 minutes rebooting and restarting EQMOD as it wasn't controlling the mount. I could "see" the USB-to-serial under Com ports, but no mount. Kept moving the USB cable to other ports to try and get a different COM port.

About to give up in frustration and went out to the mount. The EQDIR was plugged into the USB lead.....but was the EQDIR plugged into the mount? Nope.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Been there, done that (and will probably do it again )

[sam mayo]

nice to know its not just me

[earth titan]

Telling my wife how much my kit is insured for........

Won't be making that mistake again.

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[sam mayo]

do most people insure the kit havent thought about i myself

[earth titan]

do most people insure the kit havent thought about i myself

Not sure TBH. But as mine all lives in the obsy and comes to over £x k, I thought it wise for £90 a year. Covers damage as well as theft - so if I drop my SCT it will be replaced.

[Dipper]

Telling my wife how much my kit is insured for........

Can one actually get the astro kit insured? How is it classified as? Personalty?

[earth titan]

Can one actually get the astro kit insured? How is it classified as? Personalty?

You can. At the risk of hijacking the OPs thread (apologies) search for Glover and Howe photographic insurance. They also do very reasonable astro insurance.

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[Floating...]

Woohoo!!! Finally got something to add to this thread.

Last night, end of session, undid screw on weight on the counter balance arm, slid weight down the arm, hadn't removed bolt at the end of the arm.

Net result - finger tip of ring finger of left hand now alarmingly blue & with a blood blister the size of Uranus.

I thank you.

[Dipper]

Naked eye Uranus for ya. Ouch! I always slide the counterweights to the very end so that the bolt is hidden away in the counterweight holes. When I'm done with observing and am packing the toys it keeps me alert that I have to also unscrew the bolt at the end of shaft.

[sam mayo]

just got back from the Herchels museum went to put memory card from camera in comp (whilst feeling happy i hadn't lost or broken it due to it not being mine)and dropped it in coffee says card error so gutted,see if an our on radiator will help,