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The transformer cautions that it is for “indoor use only.” We have noted that it is often difficult to use a telescope from inside the house. Most people will take the telescope and transformer outside and connect it to household power through an extension cord. If used with an extension cord, do not use the transformer where the transformer can accidentally be dragged into a swimming pool or puddle of standing water. Do not lay the transformer and extension cord on dew-soaked grass that might short out the transformer, or on grass where dew might be expected to form as the evening progresses. Placing the transformer and connecting extension cord on a piece of insulating material (cardboard, an old rubber bathmat, etc.), putting the transformer and extension cord interface inside a plastic sandwich bag and zipping it shut with only the cables coming through the mouth of the bag, or suspending the transformer/extension cord from the telescope tripod so that the transformer can’t come in contact with dew-soaked grass might help alleviate the concerns of the ultra-cautious.

We have yet to hear of anyone turning themselves into toast because their transformer got some dew on it, but the scope and transformer manufacturers (and we) feel more comfortable exonerating ourselves from any possible liability in advance. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.