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The motor will drive well off the powerpack that you made for use for your Nichai UV light. Double utility.
I have re-opened the UV lamp powerpack, while I could adapt it, it's main feature is the LED Driver in which which you guided me in the construction.
I would have to completely re-design the internal circuitry, it works and is reliable. I don't want to mess with it.
However, I have had an idea... Now the D3 is no longer my front line camera, I could use D3, EN-EL4 batteries and connect to them via the Chinese charger you sent with the D3. By removing the charging circuitry from the charger module and connecting a cable directly to the battery output terminals I could mount it on the back of the Astro Mount controller, or mount it in a small white box with the controller so I could use some of my EN-EL4 batteries to power the Astro Mount.
Perhaps include a small switchable 3 Watt instrument bulb to provide heating for the battery. They seem to suffer badly from the cold and this rig will very likely be used in the cold more than in the warm.
If not the EN-EL4 batteries, I have another good set of three 18650 cells sitting on the shelf in front of me from my dismantled D1 batteries.
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Robert.