CCD power draw

[zicklurky]

I'm trying to work out my power requirements for a trip abroad. My Atik One is quoted at 2 amps, but is this at 100% cooling? If I keep it at say 70% cooling I'm assuming it will draw less than 2 amps?

[perfrej]

The cooling is temperature controlled, so you do not keep a camera at a certain percentage, which instead is chosen by the camera. Here's my SBIG ST-8300M set to -50, just turned on right now - it is at 100%:

/per

[rob0971]

I had my qhy8l hooked up to a switched power supply while doing darks at -20 & the amps drawn varied between 1.5a at 100% to around 1a at 45-50%. So yes, the higher the output % the higher the amps drawn.

[zicklurky]

cool, thanks! Should have paid more attention in science class