Maybe the wrong place
Maybe the wrong place
Hi all, I’m not sure this is the right place, please forgive me. My poor old legs just will not stand lifting and carrying the battery I have which is an 84ah leisure deep recycle type, what I am looking for is maybe a lithium battery (much lighter) but which one? I need to connect my Quark, so it must have a USB port as well as a cigarette type connection for my scope. Can anyone advise please.
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Re: Maybe the wrong place
Hi,
If you need a battery only for the Quark and your mount, check out the lithium polymer batteries for smarphone. Just an example amount many others :
https://www.teleskop-express.de/shop/pr ... ilver.html
If you need a battery only for the Quark and your mount, check out the lithium polymer batteries for smarphone. Just an example amount many others :
https://www.teleskop-express.de/shop/pr ... ilver.html
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I bought one of these https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B ... UTF8&psc=1 powers my mount, laptop and quark...
http://brierleyhillsolar.blogspot.co.uk/
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Re: Maybe the wrong place
There are also those quick car jump power sources that hold enough juice to jump start a car. Way more than needed for a Quark, but if you're driving a tracking mount, a camera with cooler, a computer and perhaps a convenience item here or there, they'll cover all that and more. Small and light, they hold about 10-15 amp-hours, and cost around 50 bucks
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This is fantastic and has given me plenty to investigate and think about. Thank you all.
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Mark I think I will buy the battery you suggest but I would like to know if I need any other cables than those that come with the battery. My scopes that I will power are an eq3-2 and an AVX as well as my Quark. Can you advise me please?
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Sorry, been busy at work, not been on here much. I bought this cable for my EQ6 https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B ... UTF8&psc=1
http://brierleyhillsolar.blogspot.co.uk/
Solar images, a collection of all the most up to date live solar data on the web, imaging & processing tutorials - please take a look!