EQ5 RA motor slewing

[miguel87]

I have literallu just fitted the EQ5 RA motor to my mount and everything seems ok.

Even the 8x movement speed is imperceptively slow so for slewing large amounts it suggests loosening the RA locking screw.

This feels a bit odd. I cant get my head around how this actually works. Does it have to be done up tight to engage the motor? Can i cause any damage using it incorrectly. Does he have to be completely unscrewef to slew manually?

Mike

[Cornelius Varley]

I have literallu just fitted the EQ5 RA motor to my mount and everything seems ok.

Even the 8x movement speed is imperceptively slow so for slewing large amounts it suggests loosening the RA locking screw.

This feels a bit odd. I cant get my head around how this actually works. Does it have to be done up tight to engage the motor? Can i cause any damage using it incorrectly. Does he have to be completely unscrewef to slew manually?

Mike

Yes the RA clutch does need to be tight to engage the motor, but to manually move the telescope without the motors you need to release the clutch (lever on side of mount), move the telescope to its new target and then retighten the clutch to re-engage the motors. The knurled wheel on the RA gear shaft can also be loosened to allow operation of the original RA slo-mo cable.

[triton1]

Yes loosen for manual tighten to engage and yes the slew speed is slow.

[miguel87]

Oh ok so to swing the scope around i dont have to fiddle with the little silver locking screw? Only the nirmal clutches on the mount?

Thanks

[ronl]

Yes that's all there is to it, loosen both clutches, then find your target and tighten the clutches

again, if your target is not in the center of the eyepiece then use the 8 times to move the target. 

[miguel87]

Great thanks. Fir some reason i though the motor might interfere with swinging the miunt around freely, was worried i woukd burn out the motor haha!

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