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Heater band not warming up

Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 11:27 am
by fenriques
Hello,
My heater band is plugged on my UPB v2 PWM port with a RCA cable.
The current consumption is measured 1.5 - 2 Amps (tried with 2 different bands and always at 100% of the output power).
That seems ok to me but the band barely warms up.
Recommended power for the band is ~12/16Watts (for a 140mm refractor), what is the voltage of the PWM ports?
Any suggestion how to increase the heating power?

Thanks
Ferrante

Re: Heater band not warming up

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 11:26 am
by Evans
You can't. If the power is 100% it has to do with the Dew Strip material.

Re: Heater band not warming up

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2021 2:42 pm
by fenriques
thanks. it was the heater band indeed.
Using a spare one the temp reached 25C while the previous one was only 14C