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    Hi All,
    I suppose I always knew it, but have now seen that an observatory is not a good environment for electronic equipment.
    I am having ptoblems with corrosion on my PC's PC boards and UPS. The UPS is being repaired while I will probobably have to replace my PC.
    In the meantime I have purchased a dehumidifier and am astounded by the amount of water it sucks from the air.

    I have a Macbook Pro with a windows 7 partition running Parallels. And while it only has 2x USB ports, I do have a MOXA usb to 8x RS232 converter.
    So with this and a powered USB hub, I suppose I could use the Macbook pro to run my observatory in an emergency.
    Anybody doing this successfully? (I have DDW dome, AAG or Boltwood weather, ASA mount, FLI Camera)

    Dale

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    Hi Dale, Just a comment. I wonder if you leave your/left your observatory PC running all the time. Your climate may be different than mine, but I have not ever had a similar problem - I leave my computer on all year round.
    Dick
    www.VirgilObservatory.us
    Pier-mounted Meade 12-inch SCT "classic"
    Optec TCF-S focuser
    SBIG CFW-8A and ST7-XME
    H-alpha, BVRI, RGB & Clear filters
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    Hi Dick,
    Yes I generally leave it running. I suppose pumping air through it with the cooling fans continually is not a great idea.
    Just wondering - true remote sites, the environmental conditions in a pod or similar with large changes in temperature, condensation, etc must be tough on equipment.

    Dale

 

 

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