Desperate help needed!

[Scott]

Charging from the car is a bodge at best... for a couple of hundred you can have a reasonably portable set up to get you through more than a nights viewing. Those batteries are heavy mind!

if you own a charger you can halve that £200.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Leisure-Battery-12v-110Ah-Numax-XV31MF/dp/B0043QOA0S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1376671460&sr=8-2&keywords=110ah+leisure+battery

Heavy Duty cigar lighter socket with crocodile clips - £12 Not Available at the Moment

Adds a single unfused cigar lighter socket to a 12 volt battery, high quality product.

[twelly27]

I've actually just come across another thread when i googled somthing, I've clicked on the links provided and the person who set the link up went with this battery

http://www.batteries4leisure.co.uk/battery/Numax-Dual-Purpose-Leisure-Battery-96Ah-CXV27MF/44/

And this charger

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B003B344NC/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?qid=1310020756&ref_=sr_1_2&sr=8-2

He says that he runs alot more things off the old battery then I do now, I will only need to run the mount and charge the laptop, he did want to run a laptop aswell from It just wondering what people think to this battery and charger? I really wan to make sure I make the best choice in the long run as we all know, it's not a cheap hobby so long lasting value for money is top of the list for me

Thanks

Chris

[Scott]

Having never used either of these products I can't say catagorically that they are the ones to buy but yes....thats the sort of thing you're after

[oymd]

I've got about 20 days until I got to astro camp in Wales, and I'm in need of 2 power sources to power my mount and so I can charge my laptop while I'm there, I think I'm going to go for a power tank to charge the laptop as I can recharge that on site, I think ill go with this

http://www.maplin.co...le-power-224871

Will that tank be a good choice just for the laptop to charge off?

now for the mount people have suggested a leisure battery but I don't now where to start, or how I would connect in to my mount, and will I need to damp proof it or anything, so can people post links or links to the batteries they use and how I would connect them to my mount please? I think I may have a small idea of how to do this, but I'm not sure.

like I say I have 20 days until I go and I'd like everything equipment wise I'm going to need sorted out maybe a week before I go so I have time to get last bits if needs be.

Any help would be massively useful

thanks

chris

just saw this...check it out...: