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Hi Bojan
Owing to a bad back I have left my scopes on the mount outside
for a year or so now. From experience I have found that the following
procedures keep the gear perfectly dry as if it was stored inside:
1. After the imaging session I first drape a large dry towel over the scopes to absorb any stray rising moisture that may be present.
2. I then cover the all the gear with a large (240litre) bin black plastic bag
and gather the bottom of the bag near the base of the pier and fix it
closed with an octopus tie to stop rising moisture.
3. As the plastic bag is thin and thus fragile in the wind I then cover
the lot with a large bag made out of a shower curtain (which is only semi waterproof) and also tie this around the pier base.
4. I usually find that there is dew on the scopes etc after a night session
so the next day I take the above covers off and dry out the gear and
the towel in the sun and cover it up again as above. If rain is threatened
I spend a bit of time after the imaging session drying off the scopes
and mount with a hair dryer before covering up. I then give it an airing
as above when the sun next appears.
Hope this makes sense.
Cheers Peter
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