Or make a protection circuit yourself, that way you wont need to find out the hard way I almost fried my EQ6 doing this, I was lucky that the Power Supply I used has protection on.
i had a starfinder mount, that didnt have protection... basically if you reverse the poles its off to meade for an expensive fix unless you know how to fix the burned out bit yourself
I have several pieces of equipment (mounts, cameras, accessories, etc) that are variously centre +ve or centre –ve that have a 2.1mm plug/socket. Using a Brother Labeler machine (Office Works), I printed two sticky label strips for each device. I stuck one label on the body of the mains adapter and one label on the cable near the plug, describing the polarity and the piece of equipment it was purchased with.
So, far, this has worked. The labels are the 9mm wide white strips with black ink so they are easy to read under a dim red light.
Thanks guys, I assume from ths the answer is No, It hasnt, I think Ill knock something up , and add labels, big lables , and none matching plugs,,,I want it idiot proof, and since, well, say no more....
Correct
No reverse polarity protection and no fuses
Ref http://www.telescopeservice.com/lx200gps.htm
for a set of schematics for the LX200GPS/R
For some people, the series SMT inductors turn to charcoal
in a valiant attempt to protect the downstream electronics
but its not always so.
I almost fried my EQ6 doing this, I was lucky that the Power Supply I used has protection on.
