Need more info. What kind of scope? Which battery pack does it use now? I have converted more than one to use either a transformer that plugs into the wall or...
I'm not clear what you were requesting either but here goes. Please look at the Photos section. It's under "4504 AC/DC conversion" The pictures show you how I...
Oh yeah forgot to mention - don't fry your telescope's motors - make absolutely sure of your positive and negative when you splice wires okidokie? ... now?...
You don't really want to go over car battery voltage (12.5-13V), what you need to run most scope motors is ample amperage. I use at least a 2.5 amp power...
Meade pretty much universally uses a "N" sized coaxial power plug. the center terminal is always positive and the outside barrel is ground. there are...
Jim Griggs, founder of this group, passed away in 2005. I believe it was in April but I can't remember exactly. Luckily he thought to make me a moderator...
Well - Geo - the dude that repairs telescopes - as always right on point!! :) Thanks Man. FYI: I just added some more pictures in the Photo's section. ...
I see - Doc, thank you for updating me. I suppose the only thing these guys at yahoo would consider is a court order - I suppose Jim's receiver could have...
... From: khang <supercoolone@... Sent: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 7:37 pm stupid question - so i've got an ac adapter in the house from an old laptop. its output...
... The 4500 has only partial travel in one direction. This will present a problem. You'd really need to exchange the whole tube mount/gear outfit. Everything...
I only need to drive the RA axis, not goto or motorized DEC. -drl ... a problem. ... carriage is wider and more secure that the 4500 and the scope suffers less...
I have the 4500 and have tried to get it motorized just to keep objects in the FOV. Meade says the motor for the 4500 is model #531. However it appears that...
How does the drive attach to the body of the mount? -drl ... objects in the FOV. Meade says the motor for the 4500 is model #531. However it appears that was...
I think the only difference in these drives (531, 532 & 533) is the design of the mounting bracket. The bracket is supposed to be attached to the mount by a...
I just purchased a 4 1/2 inch reflector scope with a nice Equatorial mounting. It is mechanical drive at this time. I would like to get the aproximate cost...
You might try joining the roboscope group. They have put goto on just about everything there and have a lot of information on motors, mounting, and controls...
Is yours the mount with the small dovetail? (I believe this is the EQ- 2) If so, then the declination axis has a limited range of adjustment and would not be...
That's a pretty unique drive setup, that is, not similar to any other Japanese GEM mount (or Chinese copy). The 4500 RA worm gear has 100 teeth, which would...
... The first EQ mount I bought was a no-name Meade from Bill Vorce at Telescope Warehouse on ebay. It has one worm gear, the RA axis. That chromed gear in the...
When I checked on 11/08/2008 Bill Vorce, Telescope Warahouse, was no longer registered. As of last week he was still on eBay. I bought a nice 20x80 binocular...
Woke up at 3AM and realized I'd messed up my maths. Doing the gear ratio correctly gets me .440 (7/10) and a worm axle gear with 36 teeth driven by a motor...
Bill's still around: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/scopehed1 Looks like he may have dropped his eBay store. eBay has been beating up on sellers lately in an...
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