Showing posts with label as-gt mount. Show all posts
Showing posts with label as-gt mount. Show all posts

Monday, February 25, 2013

What are the payload weights of Celestron mounts?






These are the payload weights of (mostly) current mounts:
MountPayload (pounds)
CGE Pro90
CGE65
CGEM DX50
CGEM40
Advanced GT (CG-5)35
NexStar 6/8SE12
NexStar 4/5SE10
AllView  9
SkyProdigy  8
NexStar SLT  8
LCM  5
Omni (CG-4)20


Useful info lifted from the Celestron Site.

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Ah ha! managed to fix it: AS-GT no power problem.

I had a quick look on the Cloudy Nights forum and someone else had exactly the same problem on their AS-GT mount as me, a faulty switch. So I used the same fix.
I soldered a small piece of wire across the switch to bypass it.
I'll see if I can replace the broken switch later, but at least for now I'm back in business.
Funny thing is when I buzzed out the switch with my volt meter/continuity tester, it checked out OK. It was only when current passed through the switch that it failed.
Must be quite a high current.