Are there any companies that sell equipment specifically designed to convert a manual roll off roof into a remote controlled roll off roof?
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Henry <clearview@jackelec.
To: SBIG@yahoogroups.
Sent: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 9:36 pm
Subject: [SBIG] Re: roof vs. dome
My experiences are just the oposite, although it is a poor sampling.
I have never had one speck of trouble with my dome ecept for a few
problems caused by ice. and this ice would have played havoc with ANY
roof. Two other club members with roll off roofs have trouble all the
time, although they are both simple home made ones, ..
Ed
--- In SBIG@yahoogroups.
>
> Just about everybody I know with a dome has had mechanical
problems,
> either with the dome rotation or the shutter mechanism. It appears
to me
> that many, if not most commercial domes are far less reliable than
we'd
> like. Rolloff roofs, on the other hand, are much simpler, and
likely to
> be quite reliable. Unfortunately, they don't provide the sort of
shelter
> (during operation) that is desirable for a truly remote telescope.
>
> Chris
>
> ************
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
> http://www.cloudbai
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <kdk1044@...
> To: <SBIG@yahoogroups.
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 9:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [SBIG] Re: roof vs. dome
>
> > I was very surprised to read that the dome is more of a challenge
to
> > operate remotely.? I assumed that the makers of these domes would
have
> > taken care of the kinks by this time.? I would be very interested
if
> > others having dome roofs have the same opinion.? Thanks.? Ken
>
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