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Originally Posted by dikman
For anyone who may be interested I carried out a couple of tests on my Nexstar 6se. The mount will operate quite happily down to 9v, at 8v it still worked but there was a noticeable slowing of the motors (so not a good idea).
When slewing it draws 400 mA. Using my 3 cells, at a nominal 11.7v, means they should be good for quite a few hours.
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I believe lower than optimal voltage, even though it will work, will burn the motors out.
Similar to having too much voltage drop from a long line of extensions cords joined together when using 240v.....it kills whatever you’re using