Nexstar 4SE Power issues

[doublevodka]

So I fixed this on mine a while ago, but figured a thread would be handy for someone in future.

A few months back my mount suddenly wouldn't power on, after much prodding and poking with a multimeter I found it was the power switch itself (apparently a common fault reading further later on).

The good news is this can easily be repaired at home for free if you have a soldering iron and some solder.

Simply bridge the two connections as marked below and it will make the mount effectively permanently on, hopefully this helps someone in future 👍