Got my starter so power is sorted for the time being :-)

Now I have time to think about the main power project since there hasn't
been a break in the clouds for days :-(

Andrew

Colin Dawson wrote:

"Chris Taylor" wrote in message
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Hi Colin

I own 2 GOTO scopes and both have their own 1.2Ah batteries. I've not
noticed any difference between the beginning of the evenings battery's
performance (slewing speed or sound), or the end of the session on either

of

them. I do spend more time tracking with the LX90 given that the LPI get's
used. Nonetheless, I've not had the battery go flat, or appear to be
labouring on the LX yet and I've spent from 8pm to 2am observing. The C
Cells are an expensive way to do things so I bought the Lead Acid before
they could go flat. On the Celestron GOTO the batteries (AA's!) used to go
flat in a few hours and were a waste of time and money; lesson learned.



hmm, you're lucky. I think it's partly because I'm such a pickky little
blank (insert bad word of your own choice)
but I've noticed that about 1/2 way through the session my scope starts to
sound a less perky than at the beginning of the session. It doesn't seem
to affect the performance though, but I'm definatly not making it up.

I've just checked the Duracell web site, and they rekon that the LR14's will
work for 11 hours at 0.5 amp current.



There's also no reason not to get a 7.2AH and I'd have probably bought one
if the closest shop i could find with a solution (B&Q) had sold them. The
other alternative was a 45 Minute journey to Maplin, or a few day wait for
an internet purchase to arrive.



From the information that you've provided, I think that the only need to a
bigger battery it to help power more toys.
Can't have too many toys.

Regards

Colin Dawson
www.cjdawson.com