Awesome Monitor works great, bright enough, excellent colors. When I saw the unique encoder mount on the monitor I thought I could mount my encoder on the monitor. You can I did as shown in fig. However, adding an NP battery of any size was too heavy and gave only half the battery life compared to if both devices had a battery. I tried to solve this problem with a dummy NP battery connected to the 2 NP batteries shown in the picture. However, drawing current through the 8.6V dummy battery caused the cable monitor and encoder to get hot when trying to draw current from the batteries. I solved the power supply problems by not using an 8.6V dummy battery and powering the monitor with a lower current. The 12V output from my NP batteries. This works great with both devices powered by a 1.12V wire from my 2NP battery daisy chains through the monitor to the encoder. The heater does not work continuously because I have batteries to turn. The monitor mount is awesome, I use it, but I had to use 12V power or a 1NP battery installed in the monitor, but it's too heavy and too lifetime for encoder and monitor power short circuit. Amazing monitor and cool mount, just know your power needs.