Re: clock driven equatorial mount.

Zinc wrote:

> I'm after a clock driven equatorial mount.
> ...
> Alternatively something that will run off a light battery,
> i.e not a car battery.

All non-Goto scopes will run off something considerably
smaller than a car battery.

The big power requirements are for dew heaters, Goto
scopes and the myriad electronic devices people take
in to the field nowadays.

Of the mounts I possess, my old Celestron fork mount
runs off a 9 volt battery, my Synta EQ-4 runs off D cells,
while my Losmandy G-11 runs off a 12 AH gel cell. This
is far larger than it actually needs (it draws 250 mA while
it's tracking), but is good for several nights away from
the power grid.

Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..."
ICBM: 49 16.05 N 122 56.92 W - Hospital/Shafte

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