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Model: 4tronix_8_sec_htrPart Number: SECHTR70
A convenient solution to dew and ice forming on your secondary mirror.
Easy to fit and very effective. - everything you need is supplied.
When fitted simply plug the RCA/phono plug into your 12V dew heater controller.
"At the end of the night, everything was dripping wet (including the laptop!), but the secondary mirror was perfectly dry!! So in my book, that is a resounding success!" - Steve Oates, astrophotographer
Currently we have two sizes available:
Please Note: It has come to our attention that neither the 8" or 12" Heater will fit the StellaLyra (GSO) made Dobsonian and Newtonian telescopes.
What an excellent product, this is the second 1 I've bought from FLO, this is for my home made 8" reflector. In the making.Fast delivery and very good quality Wish there was 1 for the rear of primary mirrors, save using dew heater around outer tube..hint.
I've been running this for a couple of months now on long (8hr+ sessions) and not had my secondary mirror dew up, even when everything else had a layer of frost over it! I run this at 12.8v continuously from my power bank and hardly uses any juice over a night. Very easy to fit and route the wire with the included tape/sticky pads. I have swapped the rca plugs for an xt30 just so it's a bit more secure. A really nice product to prolong a night out looking at the stars 🌟
Not used this in earnest as yet but it warms up! Power output of the smaller version is 1.6Watts at 12V and requires 14V to get 2Watts, I propose to use this with a PWM power controller and Li ion battery pack. Once I had found the instructions on on 4tronix web site installation was ok, although it would have been helpful if they had provided some cotton gloves which cost very little but who has a pair of these hanging around the house? Very neat looking once installed and cable is easily hidden along the edge of a spider leg. I am looking forward to giving it a trial.
Sizes of the 200PDS and 150PDS secondary mirror holders are identical and the dew heater fits this also.
Simple to fit , everything needed supplied , my only thing I would change is the cable I would prefer a single cable from dew heater to controller or at least an option when ordering also add a few self adhesive cable clips to allow for cable to be attached to ota , I modified a hole used to keep white trim in so I could pass cable out ota and still use ota end cap, easily modified with a flat file also you need to groove the plastic trim so allowing cable space without snagging ,
Works really well and took just moments to fit!