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Old 13-05-2006, 07:10 PM
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asimov (John)
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Peltier Cooled C9.25 OTA Container

Progress so far: Made a quick lid out of white packing foam. Stripped the Dork Smith 12V fridge down to its components & installed them onto the lid.

Test run last night showed the peltier will cool to -1.5C if I want it to. My plan is to cool the scope to just below ambient at the time I want to image.

A bit rough looking ATM but thats ok. For those that don't know, the plan is to put the OTA in the box & cool the whole thing.

Edit: The last 2 pics are of the inside of the lid with the cooling plate shown.
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Last edited by asimov; 13-05-2006 at 08:35 PM. Reason: Adding more pics
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