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Hi Jim,
Yes the current consumption at an imput of 9-10 Volts, internal
battery or external battery (as measured) is R.A. running only- 80-95 Ma.,
With the Dec. motor oprating at 32x it is 120-135 Ma. (This is more than
the PCB regulator is designed for).
I had problems with the regulator shutting down, when using the external
12 V. supply, due to excess dissapation (7 V. at 130 Ma. = 910 Mw., The
regulator is a Max. 600-700 Mw. unit, I Max. 100 Ma.) as it is an 5 Volt
Regulator. and added an external 10 Volt regulator in the battery line,
cured the problem.

Regards..............Jim


At 11:48 AM 6/3/00 SGT, you wrote:
>Anyone know, offhand, the polarity of the LX50 12V DC in and the power
>requirements at idle and slew? Doc G. has info in the archive for LX200,
>but Im not sure whether it applies to the LX50 as well. Further, does the
>consumption differ depending on the size of the OTA and whether one has
>Magellan II?
>
>Ive tried looking, unsuccessfully, in the archives but, if its there, and
>Ive missed it, could someone point me in the right direction?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Jim Walseth
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