Re: (meteorobs) To dew or not to dew...

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• Subject: Re: (meteorobs) To dew or not to dew...
• From: Lew Gramer <dedalus>
• Date: Mon, 02 Nov 98 13:52:51 -0500
• In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 01 Nov 98 01:37:40 EST." <199811010637.BAA11305@cyberusdot ca>
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One warning though, to go with Cathy's well-deserved recommendation.

For EXTREMELY DEWY situations (as too frequently occur in New England), the
Kendrick system seems to have a point of frequent failure. I learned this
the hard way on a recent deep-sky trip in New Hampshire: during the course
of ONE dewy/foggy night, THREE separate Kendrick controllers failed!

The problem with the controller was not clear. However, at least one person
did some "field engineering" to the product, and replaced a single component
(the only chip on the board) which apparently fixed their controller.

Caveat observor,

Lew Gramer

• (meteorobs) To dew or not to dew...
• From: "C.L. Hall" <chall@cyberusdot ca>

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