A little early morning tinkering

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Early morning handiwork: soldered some cables to turn two sealed lead batteries I got this week into usable portable power supplies for my two mounts. The 12 Ah version will be used at home and abroad for the Great Polaris mount (with Sky-Watcher motors, which require 6V rather than 9V for the original Vixen motor), the 4.5 Ah should easily be enough for the EQ3-2 mount I have at work. I only use that for short lunchtime solar sessions.

I'll sort out two small cases for them later.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Tested the 12Ah one on some solar imaging. Worked nicely.