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Wires
Bob,
Have been giving the wire routing some thought over the last few monthes. I have decided to make my strips with a short leads and permanently install jacks and wiring on my scopes.
Have been looking at using RJ style connectors (the pins are surprisingly rated at 1A!) mounted in close proximity to the point of use. This will allow one bundled or multiconductor cable to plug into the Dew Controller which I am mounting in or on my power center.
For my Newt, the primary and secondary dew heaters are permanently mounted already. The eyepeice and finder heaters are already in close proximity to each other so one small 2x jack panel will do the trick. I will likely add a bracket to the base to accomodate mounting the power center (on the front of the base).
For my Mak/Cass, the power center will sit under the tripod and again the wiring will be instaled permanently onto the scope with velcro attaching it to a tripod leg. This time there will be a 3x jack panel to for the eyepiece, finder and corrector.
I had decided on RJ-45s as they inexpensive are are widely available (CAT-5/6 cables), and have 8 pins (2 for +, 2 for -, with 4 left for sensor data and power).
Tom
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