I heartily endorse everything Larryp said. Also, your transformer is useless if you take your scope to a remote site, and also you could easily get a simple box to put the battery in, if shorting worries you. The
battery sits happily tucked away under the tripod legs, so what are you
likely to short. If you want to be really paranoid you could even wrap
the battery in an old shirt or something. I've been using batteries even longer than Larryp, and have never had a problem, or heard of anyone else having one.
raymo
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