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Old 16-05-2010, 10:31 PM
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erick (Eric)
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Heated filter slide

As supplied by Moonlite and fitted by Peter with a bit of ingenuity since I had the focusser rotated 90 deg (the mounting holes which are supposed to also mount the slide are rectangular, not square.)

I've added a little knob from Bunings so I can better move it and have also replaced the heater (third photo). The supplied heater had six resistors in series with a resistance of 217 Ohms. Never even warmed to touch. I have 12 resistors with a total resistance of 47 Ohms. gets nice and warm now.

(Edit: and before you ask, yes within the power specs of the resistors - 3.9 Ohms, 0.25 watt)
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Last edited by erick; 16-05-2010 at 11:02 PM.
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