Hi Konstantin, Thanks for the suggestion. The type of switch used is not important. There are mercury switches, reed relays, AC microswitches, etc. that will all work. The real issues are: 1) How to

Try to see if you can find an old home thermostat controller. Inside you will find a nice miniature mercury switch. Gedas http://gedas.cc www.w8bya.com

Paul, I used a digital amp meter and the slightest change in CW or OTA weight changed the amp reading. Read my comment in "Switched Power" post, luckily I have access to some great electrical

Hi Konstantin, Actually, "mercury switches" are almost impossible to find, at least in Canada, because of the ban on mercury due to it's toxicity. Perhaps some "ball bearing" based level sensor

Paul, I'm far from knowledgable about electrical circuits. I had one of our airplane mechanics explain the procedure to me, set up the amp meter and draw me a diagram. I can fax you that diagram,

--- Paul Gustafson <laservet@...> wrote: I believe that you wire the meter in series with either post of the electrical source and the mount's power cord. I tried this last night with my 600EGTO

"bguerin1234" <zapkgbg@...> wrote: Sorry, electrical idiot here. Where do you put the probes to make the measurement? Paul Gustafson

Hello, I think it is not so important where the scope is pointed in the sky. The failure is only happening if the scope is going to point lower than the horizon. So what you need is a switch

Maybe Software Bisque would be willing to provide some insight. Frank

Hi, I am trying to devise a system to prevent the AP mount from driving the scope into the pier if the computer, etc system fails. There are multiple failure scenerios in an observatory where various

you its command are done If at center you Right, I would NEVER sync before departing (because it is likely I will be tracking past the meridian after the end of an exposure. I would only sync again

I'm waiting for the beer cooler attachment announcement. Rick. Tell it to the place ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase.

Gavin, An after thought. Rather than drilling the two rearward holes for the back ring, right away, can you get one or two Vice Grips or C-Clamps to fix the rear OTA ring to the plate

Joe Actually you're right - I misread what you said. Sorry about that and thanks for persisting. What I will do is drill some more holes for the back ring as close to the plate's attachments holes

kattnerk@... writes: Time and even location will have no effect on your startup. No need to use The Sky for startup. The tiny difference in precession that is accounted for in The Sky

Paul, I just used the amp meter technique to balance my Mach1 GTO with 38 lbs on the OTA side and 45 lbs on the cw side, it worked perfectly. Brian (by moving N-S 600EGTO has tight axes. helped

That's what I figured, but it's good to hear it from the horse's, er, from you, Roland. <grin> Cheers, Paul Sterngold --- chris1011@... wrote:

--- chris1011@... wrote: Thank you, thank you, thank you! As posted a few months ago, my 600EGTO has tight axes. I finally got around to disassembling and relubing it, and that helped only a

--- chris1011@... wrote: Sorry if this was already answered- if I initialize and use my mount during the night, then park it, but then decide to continue observing or imaging and hit the Menu

--- chris1011@... wrote: Are you hinting at a future product announcement? ;-) Paul Sterngold