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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
Looks Aidan, always very exciting to see real progress and soon you will be going through bug testing of your system.
some issues perhaps? Coming from a back ground of having a couple of remote observatories this seems prudent to ask.
The roof appears to be running on tracks but does not appear to have any hold down keepers. My roof wheels runs in a purlin which is stood up and acts like a hold down system. For remote work you will need to know the roof is always held down, especially during storms. Even with the system I have in place I have once found my roof moved 300mm off the rack during a storm with a wind gust of 120kph. The roof is quite heavy but still managed to move.
I noted that on your outside sheeting prior to painting you have dampness rising. This moisture can make its way inside the observatory in the long run and into the timber framing. Hopefully you have this problem in hand.
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Hi Paul, any experience and advice is welcome. to your points
securing the roof - the roof will not be secured in the open position, i couldn't figure out a design for it and figured that i will not be imaging in a storm. i have experienced winds of around 50 - 60 kph and it had no problems. the roof does become secured when it is closed, it will lock in at the back and the front.
the moisture in that image was not coming up it was actually raining that day, the roof hangs over a bit and protected the majority of the wall. That side is also south facing and doesn't get a whole lot of sun so i do need to keep an eye on it.
the next step is setting up my gear and then testing testing and testing before attempting to log in remotely ... although i am also considering an equipment upgrade, hence some of my other threads around IIS.