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Re: (meteorobs) REPOST Re: To dew or not to dew...
Lew:
My brand new Kendrick system had a bad cigarette lighter plug right out of the
box so I snipped it off and soldered on a couple of clip on terminals...works ok
now.
And we love our Kendrick Observatory tent which stays set up here in the
backyard with our CSTAR 8 often peeping out of it when the clouds go away.
We're watching Ceres creep past Aldebaron in the Hyades this week. And we do get
to see a meteor or 3 thru the holes in the clouds around Taurus.
Fred Mason
Atlantic Community College
Mays Landing NJ
Lew Gramer wrote:
> [NOTE: Please ignore my previous post with this Subject...]
>
> 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.
>
> PS: Anyone else ever have this experience with the Kendrick System?
>
> Caveat observor,
> Lew Gramer
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