>

Unfortunately, I only have a diagonal and a few eyepieces and neither are close to
getting stuck on anything. Also, the cable that runs from the base to the arm is not
binding on anything either. Thanks for the thought though.

> Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 20:04:09 -0400
> Subject: Re: [M]: LX200 Dec Stops Responding
>
> Just a thought but maybe some part of your setup is hitting the forks
> or the base?
> Are you using a wedge? I have had my LX200 10" hit on a slew with the
> CCD camera attatched, not a good feeling . Tracking would be a slow crash
> and in the dark it would be hard to see what might be hitting..
>
> Joe Zalac
> Commerce Mi.
>
> Tim McMahon wrote:
>
> > I recently have had two occurances of a Dec problem with my new LX200
> > 10". On both occurrances I was tracking M51 high in the sky. After an
> > hour or so the amp lights go from 4.5 to 7.5 or 8 and don't go back
> > down. The last time this happened I was not able to manually move Dec
> > but RA was fine (I didn't try GOTO). If I turn off the power and then
> > back on every things fine again. This has only happened twice, but I'm
> > concerned that this is not something that should be happening.
> >
> > Has anyone else experienced this type of problem?
> >
> > Thank you.
>
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