Recently, I failed to set the cord wrap option to "ON" and paid the penalty. The DC cord got pulled into the crevice between the base of the mount and the top of the tripod. As a result it pulled on the power cord enough to stop movement on the AZ axis entirely. This also broke the center pin on the DC cord!
I thought I could remedy this by replacing the entire DC power cord. That did not work.
Problem: I still have power to the ALT axis but no power to the AZ axis. I switched out the hand control with a spare but it's definitely not the hand control.
Question: By physically jamming the AZ axis as I did, could this have blown something on the circuit board? I can see no damage at all to the front or internal sides of the female DC power socket. I realize my next stop is to contact Celestron Support. Before I do that I'm curious if anybody else has been down this road. Comments welcome.
Thank you,
Jim
I thought I could remedy this by replacing the entire DC power cord. That did not work.
Problem: I still have power to the ALT axis but no power to the AZ axis. I switched out the hand control with a spare but it's definitely not the hand control.
Question: By physically jamming the AZ axis as I did, could this have blown something on the circuit board? I can see no damage at all to the front or internal sides of the female DC power socket. I realize my next stop is to contact Celestron Support. Before I do that I'm curious if anybody else has been down this road. Comments welcome.
Thank you,
Jim
