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Skywatcher EQ3 Motor cutting out when aligning


Quentent

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Hi,

 

So just today i got my new EQ3 mount and tripod delivered.

Brought it out, balanced it leveled it etc etc.

So i polar aligned it,  and selected 2 Star Alignment.

1st star to align to: Betelgeuse.

As soon as i hit confirm align the motors kick in but as soon as the mount starts to rotate the motors stop and the hand controller resets itself immediatly and starts initializing all over again.

I discovered that moving Ra on its own works just fine as does moving Dec on its own but whenever i press for example the left and Up arrows at the same time the mount stops and the hand controller resets.

Could this just be a problem with power draw? The Synpro box takes 12V DC and is supplied by a 12V DC car outlet type power source. However i changed this to a 3 Pin UK 12V 1A DC & AC plug.

 

Im hoping the power supply is the issue and not something else.

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6 hours ago, Quentent said:

However i changed this to a 3 Pin UK 12V 1A DC & AC plug.

Hello and welcome to SGL. The mount needs a PSU with more amps than the PSU can provide, at least 2amps. When the mount starts to slew it will draw more amps than the PSU is capable of providing and the PSU is probably overloading and shutting off.

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11 hours ago, Cornelius Varley said:

Hello and welcome to SGL. The mount needs a PSU with more amps than the PSU can provide, at least 2amps. When the mount starts to slew it will draw more amps than the PSU is capable of providing and the PSU is probably overloading and shutting off.

Ok I’ll give another psu a go and hopefully that should do the trick. 
 

thanks for the help wish me luck :) 

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