Thread: eq8 is here
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Old 20-06-2013, 07:18 PM
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It needs 4amp power supply at full load. Its a hungry beast. A computer supply isn't designed to deliver that sort of peak current through a single outlet. Jaycar is your freind...
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So only the eq6 see's night skies and you wouldn't need an eq8 for spectroscopy.
If you want to know what the handset does, check out your eq6, it's exactly the same.
I'm wondering how many of these aren't going into an obs?
Apparently they are being offered for sale in the UK as mount only - no tripod.
Peter
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