TELRAD - highly recommended

[Menno]

Originally Posted by janoskiss

It's spelt "weather", but never mind, your invention will make you a billionaire! My prayers answered! When do you start taking orders?

Ah, the whether/weather dispute.... I wonder weather you get it right despite the whether being beautiful today.
Rajah??? I am with u (ie you) 'coz me thinks u meen "if".....
I hope I'm not mean.
correct?
M

[RAJAH235]

M, you are correct. But my use of 'whether' is also correct. It denotes alternatives........ L.
ps. Steve, you want 1 done?

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

Originally Posted by Menno

Ah, the whether/weather dispute.... I wonder weather you get it right despite the whether being beautiful today.
Rajah??? I am with u (ie you) 'coz me thinks u meen "if".....
I hope I'm not mean.
correct?

Sorry for the misunderstanding guys. it was just a bad joke from me... you know, like every astronomer's dream: controlling the weather with the flick of a switch. Ah forgedit.

[RAJAH235]

np, Steve..... just wish I could do it. Now that would make my fortune, eh!... .. L.

[Hammerman]

Originally Posted by RAJAH235

Hi Eric. It runs off 12 volts which plugs into the socket, (with small red LED), at the right. The switches control the heater & whether in constant or flash mode. The pot on the other side controls the flash rate, which is variable from ~1 sec on/1 sec off, to 1 sec on/4 sec off. I do not touch the original on/off dimmer switch.
HTH. L.

OK.... why do you want it to flash? Seems to me like it would be annoying when you used it.

In reply to the original post.... My Telrad is probably the best scope accessory that I have ever bought. Well..... now that I have a pair of binoviewers, I'll have to say it was the second best accessory.

[RAJAH235]

Gary, when trying to find those elusive n very dim objects, there is nothing more frustrating than having to find & adjust the dimmer control up n down. The 'flasher' can be set to very slow rate & in conjunction with your original dimmer, (set very low), work together in assisting in finding them. It can be adj to flash at a fairly long off time, eg; ~4 secs off/1 sec on & 1 sec off/1 sec on...
HTH.. L.

[rickericn]

Best thingie I ever bought (for only $39 US)! What a time saver. I had tried red-dots before and didn't like the results - but the Telrad works great on the XT12. I use it in combination with a 9X50 right angle finder... simple.

-Rick