Well after our poor little foxie got savaged on xmas day by a big dog and a big vet bill...(shes going very well gladly...
...) We had a storm come through yesterday arvo with plenty of electrical activity and one huge "pop" which put the power instantly off. Power was back on within a few minutes but on checking everything in the house we discovered one of our ceiling fans didn`t work as well as the VCR.
Really didn`t think there would be a problem with the observatory as the power is always turned off and is isulated from the mains..
Well I was wrong there...
Looks like some sort of static charge has come through the scope/pier and stuffed everything connected to it..
If there was more damage we could probally do a insurance job but then the premiums go up etc. My shoestring adaptors are also stuffed and don`t know if the usb ports are working on the PC. but at least that still seems to work..
Looks like no imaging for a while
and it was a beautiful night last night as well!
At least the Argo Navis seems to have come through ok and I didn`t leave the 20D connected to the scope like I sometimes do or that would have got zapped as well.
Gary