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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2014 18:51:32 GMT
Yes the power plug that goes into the mount (from the house) Just place the red probe into the hollow center and hold the black to the metal going around the center and you should get a reading. Do a battery test first with the meter so you know the dial is set right and your getting what the battery Voltage is.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2014 18:53:36 GMT
Yes the power plug that goes into the mount (from the house) Just place the red probe into the hollow center and hold the black to the metal going around the center and you should get a reading. Do a battery test first with the meter so you know the dial is set right and your getting what the battery Voltage is. Excellent I'll try this now
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2014 19:06:01 GMT
Yes the power plug that goes into the mount (from the house) Just place the red probe into the hollow center and hold the black to the metal going around the center and you should get a reading. Do a battery test first with the meter so you know the dial is set right and your getting what the battery Voltage is. Excellent I'll try this now
Okay, this is a ciggy style adapter but I think the principle is the same. So, I got just over 12V and the amp showed 1 amp. Now I am confused at it is says 5 amps on the thing or does that just mean you can draw up to 5 amps, boy I am clueless with this stuff!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2014 19:16:58 GMT
It should just give you a Volt reading, Amps are measured a different way.
Yes the 5 Amp rating means you can draw 5 amps.
So This would suggest the supply is putting out 12 Volt and is fine. The question is why the handset is showing 20 Volts?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2014 19:33:03 GMT
Just read that a V3.35 firmare upgrade solves the high voltage reading on the handset so this could be a software issue, not sure if this applies to the eq6?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2014 20:16:59 GMT
It should just give you a Volt reading, Amps are measured a different way. Yes the 5 Amp rating means you can draw 5 amps. So This would suggest the supply is putting out 12 Volt and is fine. The question is why the handset is showing 20 Volts? Hi Carl, it did but then I switch it to the DCA side and set at 20m and took another reading. Yes good question. I need to look at this.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2014 20:20:44 GMT
Just read that a V3.35 firmare upgrade solves the high voltage reading on the handset so this could be a software issue, not sure if this applies to the eq6? I have V3.35 so it did not wok if that is the case. I'll ask the question to FLO. Regarding the Amps, how do I check the mount is getting 3amps? Can't believe how complicated this hobby is, there should be a degree at the end of it!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2014 21:17:18 GMT
Thats hard to explain Karl but you wont be able to do it without making a cut in the positive wire going to the scope plug end so dont worry about measuring the amps. Switching to DCA wont give an amp reading whilst connected like that. Seriously dont worry about amps its a lot to take in and hard to explain without blowing the meter
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2014 21:28:27 GMT
Thats hard to explain Karl but you wont be able to do it without making a cut in the positive wire going to the scope plug end so dont worry about measuring the amps. Switching to DCA wont give an amp reading whilst connected like that. Seriously dont worry about amps its a lot to take in and hard to explain without blowing the meter Thanks Carl, my brain is cooking after today so just as well
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2014 10:32:26 GMT
Can't believe how complicated this hobby is, there should be a degree at the end of it! Tell me about it man! Its like doing VA forces you to learn so many other things unrelated to astronomy haha. I really do enjoy how challenging it can be tho
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Post by johnno on Jan 31, 2014 14:36:18 GMT
I didn't know anything about electronic's just about can fit a plug,till I went into Ham radio and now I know a little bit more. [ how to plug it into the wall socket ]
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2014 9:10:11 GMT
Okay yesterday and after recent threads on power issues it finally dawned on me to try powering the scope and dew heaters separately and low and behold BINGO! Time will tell but I'm fairly certain (everything crossed) now that this was the reason the mount was going crazy on me. I was simply over loading the 5 amp adapter and not getting enough juice to the scope that needs minimum 3 amps! The other night while testing, I was doing an alignment and after centring the first star the mount starting slewing before I had selected a second star! I could not stop the slew and could only control the direction and it seemed to be moving much faster than normal!! Anyway as I work remote I was stuck trying to prevent the thing from binding all the cables up. I had to get my missus to run outside to cut the power while I wrestled with the beast, the scope looked like a Bucking Bronco on the monitor!! Funny now but at the time I was bricking it!
Anyway I think the mystery has now been solved so thanks guys for all your help and yet again another lesson learned!
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