PSU's and Skymax 127 Tracking Issues

[Lisa_J]

Hi everyone

After searching some old topics, I found a link to a recommended Maplins PSU; http://www.maplin.co...mpressor-353895

I'm keen to buy a psu very soon and the Branded Power tanks are shockingly overpriced as I'm sure you all know very well, but I just wondered if I would need to do anything to this to make it work with my scope, would I need to alter any wiring or does it already have a cable attached to it that would plug straight in?

I've also been having some trouble trying to get my Skywatcher Skymax 127 Supatrak to actually track objects...could this be due to the fact I'm running off batteries and it need more power to be able to track?

Thank you

[breezy]

Wotcha lisa_j ,

I have a 127 goto and I use that very same maplins widget to power it with no probs at all , I did notice it eat batteries real quick tho but it is a heavier mount etc than my plain old auto trak .

You can get a plug in cable with fag lighter adapter one end and the correct connection at the other off many sites , for example flo or rvo or flea bay just google em.

I don't run anything else off the maplins thing so it's fine for me but if you intend to use dew strips or the laptop then you may need to look up an alternative , just search in sgl and you will find an answer

[Lisa_J]

Wotcha lisa_j ,

I have a 127 goto and I use that very same maplins widget to power it with no probs at all , I did notice it eat batteries real quick tho but it is a heavier mount etc than my plain old auto trak .

You can get a plug in cable with fag lighter adapter one end and the correct connection at the other off many sites , for example flo or rvo or flea bay just google em.

I don't run anything else off the maplins thing so it's fine for me but if you intend to use dew strips or the laptop then you may need to look up an alternative , just search in sgl and you will find an answer

Hi there Thank you. I'm completely clueless when it comes to stuff like this, are the cables a standard size? would I need a certain one to fit my scope?

[breezy]

Just google skywatcher power cable, rother valley optics do a 2m one for £9.99 and whatever postage is , prob similar prices elsewhere.

Welcome to the gang ( I've learnt most of what I know from here

[Lisa_J]

Fantastic, thanks very much for your help.

[breezy]

No worries, glad to be able to pass on some knowledge ..

[Lisa_J]

Sorry, I just have one more question, what size adaptor do I need to get and do all scopes use the same size?

[breezy]

Celestron/skywatcher as far as I'm aware are same , I have an auto trak mount and goto as well, both have same end plug to fit mount so shouldn't be any prob at all

[Lisa_J]

Brilliant, thank you very much, found the one you mentioned at Rother Valley optics and then quickly realised they must be the same size, lol

[breezy]

For once I must have made sense