DS-114AT

[dclifton]

A friend of mine gave me her old DS-114 AT that she had in her closet. It has an Autostar #495 with the numeric keypad. She cannot find the battery box. Are there any available or is there an alternative power supply?
Dan

[MistrBadgr]

With the newer models, you can take a 9 to 12 volt power supply and rig a 9 volt battery plug on it.

Also, Meade does sell a plug in power converter that I suspect will work.

You might call Meade Customer service.  The little battery carrage for the new ones may work for the one you have, if yours has a plug on it like a 9 volt transistor radio battery.

Hope this helps.

Bill Steen

[PapaJ]

Check your local Radio Shack,I believe they have the battery pack like mine.It carries four AA batteries on each side.At the connection point the + is the small male connection and the - is the big female one.I hope this helps. As Bill says you can order an AC adapter from Meade(about $30 +s&p).


Clear Skies. 

[dclifton]

Thank you! That was my next question whether the male part of the plug in was + or -. I might go for the plug in adapter but that would limit field work.
Dan

[PapaJ]

If you get the battery pack,you can use it just for field work.I find that mine can go for about 3-4 hours of continous operation on a cold night (40 degrees + or - 5/10 degrees).Before I purchased my power adapter I would go through 4-5 changes of batteries per season, probably the smartest I bought.

clear skies 

[PapaJ]

need to edit myself;
When I talked about connection points, I ment the connecters on the battery pack, not on the scope mount.
The plug on the mount should have one red wire and one black wire.(self explanatory, red +, black -)

clear skies

[dclifton]

I now understand!!!
Thanks,
Dan