Thread: ZWO Cool Mod
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Old 27-03-2018, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by glend View Post
Sounds like a good way to ruin that camera. Condensation and signal noise are two big issues when trying to use bolt on cooling. Typically PWMs are used to regulate Peltiers and this can cause signal injection into the case which can show up as banding or noise in your image. Careful earthing of the ground side of the Peltier is needed to avoid the problem. Condensation is harder to avoid, and those uncooled cameras have no provision, or room, for dessicants in the case. As your cooling the external case the cable connectors will also be cooled and likely to get condensation on the connections. Just my two cents based on my old dslr cooling work.
Certainly anyone that does not know what they are doing or has concerns ,should refrain from such,I said as much, but like anything in applied science one can theorize all one likes, even model it with heat transfer finite element modelling, but failing that and even in spite of that ...try

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