Re: Dew prevention [was Re: [APML] guidescope / setup question]

[Herm <hermperez@worldnet.att.net>]

no, that's a total number.. each of my homemade strips draws about 1.5watts
(0.125amps), its not much but sufficient for a newt if you use the heaters all
the time. 

"Ulrich Beinert" <analemma@gmx.de>  wrote:

>
>>All the heaters I use draw about 0.5Amps.. main mirror, focuser and
>guidescope
>>objective.
>
>Total or 0.5A apiece? So I'm wondering why Kendrick's heaters draw so much
>(up to 5A?!?). BTW, thanks all for the answers regarding the heaters - I
>didn't even think of looking on Kendrick's site, because I had heard that he
>keeps the values a secret. Well, now I know what to work with....

Herm
Astropics http://home.att.net/~hermperez

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