Re: [APML] Baby steps

[Brian Roth <broth@heathers.stdio.com>]

I have been running my complete setup(G11 and ST4) with two 12Ah gel cells
hooked in parallel. Do you think it will handle adding a Kendrick running on
low and still give me a full night? I have a guidescope that will nead heat as
well.

Brian.

bert katzung wrote:

> Hi Brian:
> I put my Kendrick dew heater just behind the extended dew cap of my A-P 130
> f6. That puts it almost directly over the lens cell. Running at the minimum
> power level that prevents fogging, I don't think it effects the image. Of
> course, I'm not operating at 1.2 arc sec seeing either, so maybe I'm not as
> critical as some might be. At least I don't detect any difference in images
> made this way from images made on dry nights with no dew zapping.
> Bert
>
> Bert Katzung
> katzung1@home.com
> www.astronomy-images.com


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