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Old 27-12-2009, 03:48 PM
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Thanks everyone!!


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Originally Posted by AlexN View Post
Beautifully coloured image! Very smooth..

how big is your battery? and how much gear do you run off it in the field? I'm looking to make a power box so I don't need mains power.. but I fear I'll need a MASSIVE battery to run all my power hungry gear!

Congratulations on a beautiful image
I used a 75Ah deep cycle battery. My setup(laptop, 350D, EQ6, Starshoot guider) draws about 4.5~5A depending on what the laptop is doing. This used about approx 50% capacity after about 8hrs @ 20-15Celcius night.
I had the current draw measured through a benchtop PSU.
Hope this helps..

Dave
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