Re: [ATM] wire size for dew circuit

["Don Clement" <don_clement@charter.net>]

Larry,

Yes. Minco makes adhesive backed flexible heating elements see:
http://www.minco.com/products/heaters.aspx I have used Minco flexible
heating elements and they work very well.

Don Clement
Running Springs, California


> Don:
>
> Can a resistive heating element be constructed this way ?
>
> Larry
>
> Don Clement wrote:
> > My favorite technique for making flat low resistance conductors is to
lay
> > down some 3M  copper tape. 3M copper tape can be soldered to and comes
with
> > either a nonconductive or conductive adhesive backing. 3m copper tape is
> > great stuff for making an instant ground plane and "dead bugging" or
just
> > covering the vane of a spider with a thin low resistance power path.
See:
> > http://tinyurl.com/ys4lxo http://tinyurl.com/2bavow
> >
> >
> >
> > Don Clement
> >
> > Running Springs, California
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> I don't know the numbers involved, or what to do with them if I had
them,
> >> but hopefully someone is familiar enough to give me a quick 'yay' or
> >> 'nay'.
> >> The Astrosystems secondary dew circuit, is it ok to use the small phone
> >> wires, like inside a CAT5 cable, to power this guy?  Other than that I
> >> have huge 18 ga wire which I know is way overkill.
> >>
> >> This to me (the phone wires) would be ideal for running along a spider
> >> vane as far as least intrusion into the light path.  As long as it can
> >> handle the wattage, does anyone know?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Bill
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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