AM5 Power Struggle

Kaptain

I am having a hard time with power. My AM5 keeps turning off when I go to slew. As someone with a bit of a grasp on electrical systems, I understand what's happening. What I don't understand is why it's so hard to find a solution. Obviously the mount needs more power to be able to still cover the power demands of the asiair plus and what it's powering. The 12V 2A power supply I bought from ZWO will clearly not cut it and its very difficult to find something to suffice. I had been using a switchable power supply at 15V 3A but that has crapped out unfortunately. I used the same one at 13.5V and the mount still shut down. I've ordered a voltage regulator designed for CB radios that will give me 13.8V at 5A. Hopefully this works. I'm just using an extension cord for now but will be getting or making a battery station eventually. I'm still kinda new in the game so if I'm missing something here and any of you have a suggestion for simply and sufficiently powering a whole rig, please let me know. Thank you! Clear skies!

Kevin_A

Amazon sells many 12v 5A to 10A plug in 120v transformers. Only $30-40 bucks.

jsg

The Bluetti 12volt 10 amp battery I purchased works great, have been using it for 6 months and it holds enough energy to power the mount, ASIAIR Plus, main and guide camera all night.

The Bluetti EB55 is the model I use. It's not cheap, but it does the job well.

SteveD

My power woes disappeared when I went to two separate power supplies. One for AM5, one for ASI Air.

Kevin_A

SteveD that is what I do too. Never an issue!

raawe

I bought VTOMAN 1000 on Amazon. It has 3 DC outputs 12v10A. It can run everything for a couple of nights.