EQ8 Sidereal tracking noise

[TrickySpot]

Hi everyone!

Can anybody with an EQ8 confirm whether they can hear the mount's motor working when just tracking at sidereal speed? I think mine has developed a noise (hum/whine), but now I'm 2nd guessing myself as I always turn my camera on first to cool down, which would have masked the noise. I don't want to bother FLO more if its normal :-\

I have more than enough power going to the mount and swapped between my two identical PSU's, same noise when running off my camera's PSU.

Thanks in advance!

Martin

 

[dph1nm]

Yes - mine (which over a year old now) whines quite a bit, and when in PEC tracking mode the frequency goes up and down as well. My suspicion is that it has got louder, but I have no real empirical evidence of that.

Nigel

[tonyowens_uk]

Its normal to hear the motor faintly. Sounds like a swarm of bees...

 

Tony

[Stub Mandrel]

Stepper motors always chatter away to themselves.