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Old 04-03-2020, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by AstroApprentice View Post
I find one of these very useful:
https://tradetoolsupplies.com.au/aut...yABEgLIbfD_BwE
Also available at Jaycar for a bit more.
I got one of these from JayCar (when it was on discount), and got a 40W solar panel as well from the same company (Powertech), and it has it's own built in MPPT solar charger/controller, so you just plug it in with the included cables. You can top it up/charge all day from the solar panel and use it at night.
I haven't used it with the scope gear yet, but looks promising, in particular that it can run multiple bits of gear off it. So light too.

It's just LiPo, not LiFePo4, but should have long retention regardless if left sittling around.
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