Firstly a large deep discharge battery is the way to go. Sam's sells deep discharge/cranking batties (which weigh 50 #) and I have used them for all sorts of things. Powering a home made inverter, a

Chris, I believe my keypad locking problem was probably caused by a dip in voltage after I powered on my ST-4 and 12V to 110V inverter that I use to power my PC. I watched the volt meter when I

I use the Kendrick 17amp 12-volt battery recommended by Astro-Physics to power their scopes. It is just adequate for my AP600E GOTO. Even though it shows 12.9 volts on the voltmeter prior to being

Mark Jenkins wrote: For me the main advantage of the side by side plate is it keeps the finder / guidescope weight closer to the mount plate, less "leveredged" weight to counterbalance. -David

Terry, >>I have a voltage meterattached to the battery that displays the battery voltage. Do you know whether ashort drop in voltage caused by connecting an additional CCD camera and PC wouldto the

Terry, Yes, I suspect that it would, but I don't know for sure. Regards, Bob Kuberek Terry Johnson wrote:

HI Mark, I've got a neat solution for you, this is what I came up with when I was faced with the same dilemma several years ago. This setup is rock solid for 35mm, I have no CCD equipment. I use the

In a message dated 6/15/00 11:14:46 PM EST, rkuberek@... writes: << You have tested it at 12.8 volts or that is what it is rated to produce? I was getting under 12 volts when I had the

In a message dated 6/15/00 10:51:24 PM EST, rkuberek@... writes: << Hi Terry, Something like this has happened to me several times. I narrowed it down to undervoltage, and since fixing

Bob, I have a voltage meter attached to the battery thatdisplays the battery voltage. Do you know whether a short drop in voltage causedby connecting an additional CCD camera and PC would to the

You have tested it at 12.8 volts or that is what it is rated to produce? I was getting under 12 volts when I had the problem. After I switched to a marine deep cycle 60AH battery, no problems--I can

Bob, when you speak of undervoltage, when do you consider thevoltage to be too low. My 88 amp battery with all the systemsconnected puts out 12.8 volts when the battery is fully charged to12.2 volts

Hi Terry, Something like this has happened to me several times. I narrowed it down to undervoltage, and since fixing that, it's ok. Regards, Bob Kuberek Terry Johnson wrote:

Hi all, I posted this to s.a.a. on 6/14 but have not received any feedback. I figured this would be an appropriate place! I would like to setup the following: (1) TeleVue Genesis SDF (2) AP 400GTO

Marj, I spoke with Roland about a problem I was having with my600GTO mount. The problem centers around the GTO keypad. I have explained theproblem below in more detail. Would you please see that he

I too had the same problem. problem disappeared when I went to direct current.

This can happen if the battery isn't fully charged. I've had it happen AP600 GOTO even when the battery shows 12.8 volts on my tester. visonneau-vin wrote:

Hi I have a problem with my 900 Gto keypad.Sometimes (3 times tonight)the light of the alphanumeric keypad switch off during few second.The lightscreen of the keypad is all right but the alphanumeric

Eric, Based on over two years experience with the Starfire 130 mm f/6 and the AP 400 mount, I would agree 100% with the statement by A-P that the above combination is a good platform for visual

Ron, Larry, Thanks for your thoughts about these mounts. As you no doubt have noticed, the A-P web site features the 130 Starfire (pardon my earlier typo) f/6 prominently on the 400gto and recommends