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Mike D
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Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2
      06/09/08 05:37 PM

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So what do folks recommend as a better alternative to the Powertank for a portable power source?




A marine battery ought to do the trick if your not getting enough power from a powertank. Personally I've always used an inverter running from my car battery with Vixen's AC adapter, but I wouldn't recommend that unless you have a manual transmission and can jump start at 4:00 a.m. (luckily, I haven't had to do that yet, but I'd hate to be stuck.)

I also got my mount with build 37, which was very jerky in RA, so I asked on the Yahoo Sphinx group, and the general consensus is that 35 is the best performing build.

Hope that helps!

-Mike D

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* Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 amys 06/03/08 07:45 AM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 RAKing   06/03/08 02:35 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 amys   06/03/08 04:50 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 sctchun   06/03/08 07:09 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 Telescopeman54   06/04/08 01:35 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 amys   06/09/08 12:55 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 RAKing   06/09/08 02:24 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 scope dog   06/09/08 01:52 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 Telescopeman54   06/09/08 02:31 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 scope dog   06/09/08 04:05 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 amys   06/09/08 05:29 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 Mike D   06/09/08 05:37 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 scope dog   06/09/08 07:33 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 Mike D   06/09/08 11:17 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 amys   06/10/08 07:40 AM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 daedalus   09/06/08 11:45 AM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 Fred1   09/06/08 04:51 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 daedalus   09/06/08 08:26 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 Fred1   09/06/08 10:52 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 daedalus   09/07/08 11:19 AM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 amys   09/07/08 01:22 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 HughB   06/18/08 08:17 AM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 jrcrillyAdministrator   06/18/08 09:06 AM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 Bowmoreman   06/18/08 10:20 AM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 HughB   06/18/08 11:03 AM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 Bill F   06/18/08 12:29 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 HughB   06/18/08 01:43 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 Bill F   06/18/08 03:03 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 HughB   06/18/08 04:09 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 Mike D   06/10/08 12:34 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 sctchun   06/09/08 07:49 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 amys   06/09/08 10:43 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 Telescopeman54   06/09/08 07:26 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 sctchun   06/09/08 03:32 PM
. * Re: Sphinx tune-up and Version 2 skyler   06/03/08 10:38 AM

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