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Ok I assembled the? G11 "no problems their"? put the power to it and the RA motor is much louder then the DEC motor. Am I needing to ajust something or is this normal?

Fortunately, our activity of observing or imaging forbids doing this in lightning storms! Now as to golf.... fore!!!

The thing about lightning rods is you must present the lowest impedance path to an effective ground. A truly lightning rod system would use similar gauge rods on insulated standoffs down the side of

If you don't have a dc ampmeter. You can also put a light bulb between the power source and the motor. The light will dim down if the motor is drawing more current. We do this in the oilfields to

No apologies necessary, it was interesting. Sent from my Galaxy Tab A

Hi John, I really apologize for going off the deep end on that lightning topic. I feel like the nutty character in one of the old Abbott and Costello movies..."slowly I turned...step by step...". I

Michael, Thanks for the detailed analysis. The choices seem pretty clear. Keep the roof ungrounded (will need to check if it really is) and the equipment totally unplugged. There is a wooden support

Michael Herman said, " Have fun, and don't play golf in a lightning storm!" "Anyway, the good Lord would never disrupt the best game of my life!"

Interesting thread Michael, I enjoy the way you get me thinking. Sent from my Galaxy Tab A

Hi John, Nice topic: high electric fields...! The key thing that "attracts" lightning is the local electric field outdoors. For this purpose, lightning rods are grounded metal, and sharp at the

This thread is interesting to me especially since lightning split my neighbor's tree this past summer, which was less than 100 feet from my observatory shed (not in use, of course). Fortunately none

Thanks, Derek, for the nice testimonial! (True you were not paid for that, but also true that I have your 12 inch Meade SCT in my living room, awaiting optical alignment tests... my hostage!)

Yes, I made several custom voltage booster units for people, who seem happy with them *** AWESOME!.. I use the ammeter to set my worm to ring gap.. It's a perfect little device.. And no, I have no

Deric and greg There is a way to be hooked up to AC power and protect your equipment from power surges,? including lightning strikes.? Aircraft use transorbs or surge protectors that are back to

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I can highly recommend these Chunzehui power pole distribution systems. ?I have a pair, one fixed to my pier and one rotating (attached to one of the telescopes). The package from Amazon is a good

Thanks for asking about my power booster units, Brian. Yes, I made several custom voltage booster units for people, who seem happy with them. They are not a mass production product....just for either

Thank you Brian I will, Sent from my Boost Mobile Phone.

Thank you Greg, yes Lightning is a funny beast, I have had it strike the airplane and nothing and other times I got to land it fast. Sent from my Boost Mobile Phone.

Deric, Even the fastest of fast blow fuses will not protect your mount in the event of a short. The purpose of the fuse is to protect the power supply and power lines. If current flows through these