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Re: is my LS dew heater correct?
      06/24/09 06:20 PM

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just wrap the heater strip round the bracket. So long as most of it is in contact with most of the circumference of the tube it will work OK.



If there's enough of a gap to slide the heater strip under the bracket just ahead of the rear cell, shouldn't there be the same amount of gap just behind the front cell where the strip should be positioned?

The thing I wonder about is how well you can fit a dew shield without either leaving a big gap or cutting a giant notch, since it looks like the bracket extends all the way to the very front of the corrector cell. That is, unless the cell has internal threads like the other ETXes for mounting Meade's special rigid plastic dew shield.

-Harry

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* is my LS dew heater correct? pepper 06/24/09 02:01 PM
. * Re: is my LS dew heater correct? StarWars   06/24/09 03:05 PM
. * Re: is my LS dew heater correct? brianb11213   06/24/09 03:34 PM
. * Re: is my LS dew heater correct? Astroboy86   06/24/09 06:20 PM
. * Re: is my LS dew heater correct? Arthur Dent   06/24/09 06:52 PM
. * Re: is my LS dew heater correct? pepper   06/24/09 09:08 PM
. * Re: is my LS dew heater correct? Astroboy86   06/25/09 12:58 AM
. * Re: is my LS dew heater correct? Arthur Dent   06/25/09 10:32 AM
. * Re: is my LS dew heater correct? Astroboy86   06/25/09 10:57 PM
. * Re: is my LS dew heater correct? brianb11213   06/26/09 04:40 AM
. * Re: is my LS dew heater correct? Peter9   06/26/09 07:32 AM
. * Re: is my LS dew heater correct? Arthur Dent   06/26/09 06:47 PM
. * Re: is my LS dew heater correct? brianb11213   06/27/09 06:30 AM
. * Re: is my LS dew heater correct? pepper   06/25/09 10:47 PM
. * Re: is my LS dew heater correct? brianb11213   06/24/09 02:33 PM
. * Re: is my LS dew heater correct? Peter9   06/24/09 02:57 PM

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