Tuesday, September 18, 2012

DewBuster Temperature Sensor

As I mentioned in a previous post, it looks like the DewBuster temperature sensor is busted after all these years of non-use.

After following the troubleshooting instructions at the DewBuster site, I contacted Ron about the issue. He quickly provided three possible causes of the issue, one of which was "The contacts inside the sensor jack is oxidized. Try putting a few drops of alcohol on the sensor plug and plugging/unplugging repeatedly to wipe the contacts clean.".

Being the easiest to test, I immediately tried it and indeed, this resolved the issue! The telescope/ambient temperature sensor operation is back to normal. Ron made my day.

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