actuator and battery

[kodaz]

Hi folks,
Yep, i am new to the forum but not new to FTA.
I Recently setup my 8' bud , the previous owner had it set to 131w.
So i put in my pole, turned the dish to 131, made a few minor tweaks to the pole to dish mount. I now have 131 fairly well without changing any settings on the actuator or dish adjustments.

Can i use a 12v car battery to move it all the way to bird 91? or do i risk burning something up? It will be a while before i have the actuator system working from any recievers.
Thanks
Kodaz

 

[phlatwound]

Greetings kozad, and welcome.

You can move your dish with a 12V battery, no problem, it will just be rather slow.

 

[kodaz]

thank you!

 

[Cadsulfide]

Welcome!

 

[crackt]

an 18 or 24 volt cordless drill battery works well too.

crackt out,.

 

[jsattv]

Just to add to Phlatwound's and crackt's comments, if you can get power on an extension cord near the Dish a 12 Volt Battery Charger will also work, I have used it many times to cycle my Actuators when servicing them in the Basement.

 

[truckracer]

I was going to say use one o those black an decker or ryobi 18-24 volt batteries.

 

[kodaz]

Thanks for all the answers!!! You have given me an idea on a remote controlled system i am going to play around with.

Kodaz