View Single Post
  #16  
Old 02-06-2011, 04:12 PM
ballaratdragons's Avatar
ballaratdragons (Ken)
The 'DRAGON MAN'

ballaratdragons is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In the Dark at Snake Valley, Victoria
Posts: 14,412
Quote:
Originally Posted by mikerr View Post
That is amazing Ken. What type/brand/homade, Dew Strap were you using? Do you know the resistance of the strap in Ohms? I assume it is running on 12 Volts.

Michael
Michael, I use home-made straps and controller. The straps are Nichrome wire and I have no idea in Ohms. I cut the wire to length when it was just slightly warm.
Runs on 16.5 volts

Quote:
Originally Posted by lacad01 View Post
I guess hot pixels wouldn't have been an issue
See the link I posted to my Cooling Tutorial in Cloudy Nights. It ends with the Hot Pixel test.

Quote:
Originally Posted by erick View Post
Another lovely night in Snake Valley - Oh how I have missed the beautiful skies you get when the scope is covered in ice!

That was Mon night/Tue morning, Ken?

Glad to hear your modified camera is working well.

Thanks Eric.
It was Tuesday Night/Wednesday Morning

Yeah, the results in the CN thread speak for themselves
Reply With Quote