I am begining to wonder..we all remember the past favourably and apart from PA being a pain setting up gear does not seem as much effort as building an observatory and giving it an electric supply opening the roof etc etc etc
It seems there is always something that takes the "simple" observatory into the land of hair pulling dramas...well for me at least...is it just me..do other have terrible stories that will make us laugh?
Last night I caused the roof to jump it's track because I forgot to release a security tie...what a drama because I just did not realise and could not find the problem and thought getting it moving back and forth would sort it out..a bang the box approach which has always worked with delicate equipment..it either works or you realise it's broken
OK your roof is a dream but please tell me how good it is to resurrect my dream of "the observatory"...but then there are the electrics..once I kept a battery in the back of the car and charged it the day after...now I have a shed, a genny, a battery bank, an inverter, and dials...and a huge charger...now last night I find the charger had been switched off presumably since the batteries were last serviced and so the only power the batteries have been receiving has been via the solar panels..did I mention solar panels?..and sure when it all works it really is a dream..but why does something go wrong so often..I know..increased complexity introduces more opportunity of things going wrong..
Thanks for listening and helping me find the answer ..but please tell me of all your observatory problems so I know it is not just me ...it can't be old age can it?
Alex