| mich_al |
| (super member) |
| 07/03/09 04:38 PM |
Re: Goto head replaement
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Such a thing is called the Losmandy G11 with Stepper motors. You buy it, use it, sell it when your repair comes back.
Or you buy it, use it, and sell the CGEM when it comes back.
You can pick up a used G11 with steppers for $1700. You can convert it to Gemini at some later point, or you can buy it with Gemini used or new.
On the used market, the G11 will sell for what you paid for it used, so this amounts to an almost-free rental.
Greg N
Greg thanks for that valued point of view. It's duly registered. I looked at higher qualiy equipment before I bought CGEM and decided to not jump in quite so hard the first time. I hope that doesn't prove to be a bad choice. The CGEM was already more than I thought I'd spend the first time in. You can bet that if anything like this happens again in the next few years I will trade up. Right after I let everone on the planet know about it. I don't think Celestron is in a position where it can afford much bad publicity. I've been involved in the electronics industry for decades. This type of failure shouldn't happen very often on an relatively new product.
I have found a replacement. It's a used un-motorized mount (universal astronomics) on a solid tripod that should be just fine for a few weeks and might make a nice grab-and-go mount for the future. If not I'll easily be able to get my money back out of it.