Mount tuning

[Bottletopburly]

I remember a while ago posting a video link from cuiv the lazy geek about using a amp meter for balance now another YouTube video using a bespoke meter bit expensive as basically same as a clamp meter but he does go into finer tuning of mount thought I’d share .

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[+RonC]

I did something similar in 2020.

[Bottletopburly]

2 hours ago, RonC said:

I did something similar in 2020.

 I did too ron but don’t think it was sensitive enough 

[+Bino-viewer]

Thanks for sharing.

 

I have a new EQ mount incoming (a used one) so i may put this to a test.

[+RonC]

I agree Dave, not quite sensitive enough. I now have a new PSU with a good digital read out which works fine..

 

Ron

[philjay]

Hmm, I,m not convinced myself for the benefits of a perfectly balanced mount. With the set ups I have had over the years best guiding has always been with a bit of load on the worm drives, the Celestron CGE was a begga for poor guiding in the early days when I had it until I discovered that I got better guiding graphs with both axes off a bit. So I balance by feel now then shift weight and scope slightly to put some load on the drives

[Bottletopburly]

2 hours ago, philjay said:

Hmm, I,m not convinced myself for the benefits of a perfectly balanced mount. With the set ups I have had over the years best guiding has always been with a bit of load on the worm drives, the Celestron CGE was a begga for poor guiding in the early days when I had it until I discovered that I got better guiding graphs with both axes off a bit. So I balance by feel now then shift weight and scope slightly to put some load on the drives

Yes Phil know where your coming from , for this chap it seemed to work out ok .