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Originally Posted by iceman
Dobsonians don't need any power, you push the scope around with your hand.
Power is only needed for a cooling fan, but that usually runs off a 12V battery (not 240v power)............  |
Oh now thats a slap in the face, just 'cause my 12" SCT needs a 10GW power station for a nights viewing!!! Older SCT suck the juice of a battery very quickly as they convert from 12V to 18V and the motors are very heavy on the amps!! The new ones are no as bad. An eq6 is even less and a good platform to build a photography platform from. Put virtually anuy scope you like up to a 10" newt or a 12" SCT on it, or like me several scopes 8" sct, a 5" MC and a 80mm refractor. Get a EQ6 and a 80ED if you want to start and do some photography and view the skies, easy to handle and set up and all you need is a 17AH power jump starter pack. then you can choose your next weapon, whether its an 8" Newt or SCT or the 9.25" SCT or a 10" SCT.
