Success!!!
I changed the wiring today and did a 10 minute bench test. NO HOT WIRES!!!. Fans are running well and the aluminium mirror back got nice and cold. The heat sinks were just warm, showing that the peltiers were working well. I used 25 amp wire from power supply to the scope and from the inside of the plugs to the junction of all the other wires.
Thanks to all for your tidbits of advice and experience. I learned heaps! Paul and Anthony, you blokes are legends! What a great idea!
Tomorrow I will flock the tube and put it all back together for a full test. I will post the results as soon as it's done.
It's all done! For the test, I started with a room temperature of 10.5 degrees, whils the inside of the scope was 12.6 degrees. From the flick of the switch it took 35 minutes to bring the mirror down to 10.5 degrees.
I am happy now, except that now I have it all working, its new moon and overcast....
Typical..
Ah well, time for lots of other improvements around the observatory. My chair needs recovering.....
Only one problem I see with your setup there, Baz. Where the finder for your ED80 is. That'd drive me up the wall!!!....I'd end up bumping my head on it for sure!!
With inspiration and guidance from Paul and Anthony (They developed this method) from Southern Celestial Pole, I have completed an active cooling modification and tutorial on my C11 SCT, using Peltier coolers.
. Great job!
