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Originally Posted by jase
Gee Roger, not sure if this is worth the hassle... replacing the scopes "brains". Not to mention cost and time. Unless you have good reason not to, i.e above average optics, I would have sold the scope by now and upgraded to an LX200R or RCX.
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The reason I don't do that is money. It'll cost me under $700 to get this all fixed, where as to sell this scope (especially while it's not working) and buy a new 12" LX200R there would be a difference of several thousand dollars - maybe $5,000? I have plans to upgrade in a few years so am saving for that but trying to get by in the mean time. I'd rather not buy the same 12" size, always prefer to upgrade by a few inches. And yes I plan to get an LX200 again
If this goes over $1000 I'll be claiming insurance from the lightning strike but really don't want to have to try that.
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Originally Posted by iceman
That doesn't sound good for the LX200 fleet.. to have so many problems.
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The LX200 has been in production since the mid to late 80's, so it's early to mid 80's technology. It doesn't surprise me that problems would occur now with such "early" technology. My scope's main board is now 12 years old, the design much much older...
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Originally Posted by iceman
The 12" would be great for the planets, Roger.. you just gotta give it time to cool and wait for the good seeing.
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You're probably right Mike, I should get up early one morning for it. The problem now is getting enthusiasm back in general after 8 weeks wait, and counting.
I've just heard back from Don and he's sending everything over today, including a service kit. I'm not sure what happened to the 6 weeks for the service kit, but looks like I might have a complete replacement early next week which is an improvement on the 6 week wait.