Brian ¨C Thank you, I bought my mount ~Oct 2018 and it does not have spring loaded worms. I think it would be useful to add to the OPW adjustment to say do this during imaging temperatures and also slew the mount 360 deg in order to see if there are any spots that it binds, or in Chip¡¯s recommendation, if there are any spots where the power draw is high.
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Michael ¨C Thanks as always for the detailed response! I¡¯ll be giving this a shot tonight, as the forecast is cloudy.
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Paul ¨C I have a 12V DC battery with a DC-DC boost converter to 15V DC to the Gemini 2 unit.
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Sonny- So glad you ironed out your issues! Hopefully I¡¯ll be next!
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Chip ¨C I¡¯m running OPW (not spring-loaded). Thanks! I¡¯ll definitely run the mount all the way around to see if there¡¯s any binding. Could I watch the current draw on the Gemini unit? Or should I hook up a multimeter? (mine was about $35 off amazon so I hope it¡¯s of quality)
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ALL ¨C Would you expect worm adjustment to change when transporting the mount to a dark location? I feel that the small thumb screws, to adjust the worm distance, stick out so much that I could bump them in moving and it would adjust the worm. I might 3D print some small covers and Velcro them to cover these during transport. Also upgrading to the spring-loaded worms would solve this issue entirely so I might do that.
