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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
I must admit to being continually disappointed by many "made in the ROC"
products, due some plain dumb engineering, poor QC and short longevity
(read: gentle puff smoke escaping on power-up)
I have one of these on my 130GTX. It's been ticking away for 7 years without a glitch. (It's interchangeable with my AP155 focuser)
and it didn't cost $1k.... |
Made in the USA isn’t always better. Our use case is fairly hostile to electronics.
We’ve got a high end American camera that is toast after 5 years in the observatory with circuit boards corroded beyond repair. Electronics tech who looked at it for us was scathing about the general build quality of the boards. It’s headed for the bin, to be replaced with a QHY or ZWO camera. At about 1/3 to 1/4 the price of the American camera, it’s a no brainer.
We’ve also had to replace the American made focus controller - that was inside a weatherproof steel cabinet.
DT