Hi and Woaw! , you are in a twist ??
Any way I have the same mount in NZ and it came with a 240v - 12 volt wall transformer that plugs into the wall and a 12 volt ( about 3 metres long ) cable plugs into the top of the RA drive housing , its all in the instructions , easy as pie .
Mine also came with a 5+ metre long ciggerette lighter cable that plugs into you cars ciggerette lighter ,( or jump start battery unit ) and the other end plugs into the RA housing as well , not at the same time as the transformer of course
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Dont worry about over powering your mount from a battery as they will handle the 13.7 volts of a fully charged battery with ease , amps wont hurt it as well .
The wall reansformer is regulated at about 12.7 volts so dont worry there as well.
But I have heard a 12 volt battery is the best as the power is very smooth , you wont get spikes like a wall socket will supply at times
maybe some one will conferm this ? .
Most of all enjoy the new mount and photos in the EQ section are always welcome , as you are mate .
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Brian.
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Originally Posted by silv
Hey,
I am about to order the Sky-Watcher HEQ5 mount.
It will be my first astronomy device purchase and I'm keen to get to play with it as soon as it arrives.
What's in the box?
After research I concluded that the mount will be dead upon arrival...
Hopefully, the mount comes with some form of power cable - but who knows...
So I need a battery and connect both things to get into the game.
"Deep cycle" battery pops up in forum threads . ... but "Jumpstart battery pack" is also mentioned as working solution. hmm.
Both models are basically magic boxes containing the witchcraft stuff that usually comes out of wall sockets.
12 V is what the mount wants -more would be harmful.
2 amp is what it needs - more amp in the battery would not be harmful. In fact, the more amp, the longer and more devices I can run with the battery.
Wattage is not mentioned anywhere - so I'm off the hook.
(This is all Clingonian to me.)
Well, but how would the magic stuff get from A to B? The pictures of batteries I saw did not show any holes that would fit a plug of a sort I have already seen on my various kitchen devices ...
Would anyone care to shed some light into their camera chip and take a picture of their power setup: the cables, the plugs, the holes?
And the battery model they use with the Clingonian values I need to look out for?
In the not too distant future I will possibly also run cooling from the battery, a laptop (12426 mV it says in the system info - which is more than my mount wants. so ... ), possibly a camera. The AP stuff, like. You know what I mean.
And since batteries are environmentally mental I'd like to buy one now and use it like for ever, like.
Ah, speaking of for ever - how do I charge it?
Car batteries are bad because they expect different usage and charging environments - they're not meant for the constant little drainage a mount and AP gear produces. Sounds cool. Still no clue.
Which one? What cables? Where are the holes? 
Thanks a million for your input!!!  |