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Originally Posted by [1ponders]
may be, maybe not Marc, some manufacturers (I won't mention Meade ...Ooops) did not have protection for their LX200 mounts if you installed batteries and put them in the wrong way round. Bzzz Fry. Stupid really.
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Unbelieveable, reverse polarity protection is as easy as a 3 cent diode... or the ultimate is a ~50 cent P-chan MOSFET.
Yet another reason I don't like certain manufacturers (the Ford and Holdens of the 'scope world)