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Originally Posted by toc
Does this mean that slewing/tracking will be less accurate, or that their is potential for damage? (or both?)
I havent ever fried anything, but I have never had much luck with accurate GOTO's...
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This depends on how bad/good the plugpack is. It also depends on how tolerant the mount electronics are to voltage and ripple. When you heavily load a power supply there is potential to get a 50Hz or 100Hz AC ripple component superimposed on the DC. This is more likely with an ordinary plug pack than with a regulated power supply.
It is definately possible that the plugpack could cause some slewing or tracking errors. When you are slewing with both motors running the plug pack is heavily loaded and therefore its output voltage will be at a minimum. (Perhaps there are heaters switching on and off too). If the load is too high the voltage will collapse and if it goes low enough it can definately scramble the mount's brains
. The same will happen if a battery goes flat. I've read several accounts of this on the CN forum. Try running your mount on a fresh battery and see if it behaves any differently.
Given that you have presumably been running the plug pack for a while it is unlikely that it will cause any serious damage.
I would strongly suggest using a regulated power supply instead of the plug pack. Otherwise why not just use a battery - no long cables, no worries about electrical noise, no voltage problems and it's portable?
John.
lasted the entire night from 6pm - 6am. 
