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Old 20-10-2012, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by mill View Post
I have a QHY9m and have it set to -20 all year round.
Even in summer it goes to -20 and runs at 60% power.
I am running it at 13.8Volt so i set it to not go higher than 75% power.
What was the result of this thread?

I have a QHY9 camera & I have run it quite a few times at -31 & once at -34 degrees.
I have been told that there is a risk of eventually cracking the KAF 8300 sensor.
Apparently the lowest you should go is -20 degrees & you should
go to that temperature slowly & also allow the chip
to warm up at the end of the imaging session - slowly.

Has anyone ever cracked their sensor chip by running it all the time at the coldest temperatures?
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