Re: Power consumption on G11G
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Hi Brian
this is a good place to ask
I think your understanding is pretty good. with good balancing your tracking should be around 500ma
slewing can be up to 1.5a
The mount will work with power between 12-18v. but we do recommend higher voltage as the mount will be more efficient. a 15v converter would be good. your marine cycle battery typically stars?at 14.1v (ish) and goes down from there so you're already operating a little higher than 12v anyways. If you do just want to stick with 12v you can reduce slew speed and it should be fine. Personally I run my mounts at 15v. some prefer 18v
There are a few people in here who offer third party solutions for upconverting as well, they may chime in
Brian
I'm investigating getting a G-11G, and have a question - I've viewed quite a few of the youtube videos from the Losmandy Channel, as well as several independent reviews, which are all pretty stellar.? My question is around Power consumption.? Being an EQ6 user, I'm used to powering my entire setup from a single Deep Cycle marine battery, and am curious if I need to beef up the power, as I did see a couple of references to this mount being a little power heavy (Maybe it's the Gemini 2 system with the Servos)?? Can someone provide some insight to the energy consumption when slewing/tracking?? I read that the Gemini 2 system needs 500ma to run, but with?the servo motors, i'm thinking that's a little low for a slew factor.??
If this needs to be posted to the Gemini 2 users group, I'm happy to post there, and thank you for reading!
-- Brian?
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