Meade 16" acting flaky
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Meade 16" acting flaky
I tried plugging the hand control from the 12" into the coiled wire on the 16" and it worked fine as far as E-W N-S but I got yelled at by one of the members he said it is a different software version and will screw up the electronics.
So I have 3 questions
1) Has anyone experienced anything like this?
2) are there replacement hand controls available for the 16" I can only seem to see ones for the 8,10, and 12" scopes.
3) Can the 12" hand control be plugged into the 16" and what will happen, will it work as if it is the original control or totally screw things up?
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Re: Meade 16" acting flaky
Mine is a 2005 model if any of this helps,
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Re: Meade 16" acting flaky
Ours is about the same vintage
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Re: Meade 16" acting flaky
Man... That's some icky-tasting stuff!
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Re: Meade 16" acting flaky
I was just saying what was yelled at me when I went to swap controllers. I went back later when the person wasn't around and did it anyway and it picked up the software version from the 16 which is different than our 12
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Re: Meade 16" acting flaky
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Re: Meade 16" acting flaky
Or corroded contacts maybe?Lady Fraktor wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 7:53 pm Can you check for continuity of the cable in different positions? Maybe one of the wire connections is getting worn.
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