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Dew Removal from Dome Help

Started by desoto, 11/08/2004 05:08AM
Posted 11/08/2004 05:08AM Opening Post
Dear All,

I have a 6' fiberglass dome bolted to a concrete slab. The dew here is horrible and I am getting soaked from dew collecting on the inside walls of the dome. It also drips down onto my mount and scope so I have to cover them with plastic. This kind of defeats one of the reasons to have an observatory--getting to leave things ready to go every night. Now I have to make sure that nothing valuable is going to get wet. This must happen a lot, so I am hoping that one of you has a reasonable solution for me. Some options might be putting in a space heater, glue a waterbed heater to the dome to heat it up? Help!

Thanks in advance,
Andy