[Rob P]

Hi Guys,

I'm using a battery, when away from home, rated at 18Ah, to power a Celestron SE5 Goto mount and a Kendrick's dew remover operated through a Digifire 7 controller.

First time out the battery rapidly lost power. I recharged and tested it the following next powering only the mount. The mount tracked Saturn for over 90 minutes without any significant loss of power. However when I connected only the dew heater, power consumption rocketed.

Incidentally, during the tests I haven't attached any other equipment then that listed above.

Apart from not using the dew remover; does any one have any suggestions for reducing the power usage?

Cheers,

Rob