Quick D&D ZWO Passive Cooler

[Stargazer33]

Whilst looking for something else the other day I found an old PC CPU heatsink. So I decided to make a quick down & dirty passive heat exchanger for my new ZWO ASI385MC camera. Luckily I found an old aluminium bracket that I straightened; shaped; drilled a few holes in and then screwed the heatsink to. I had a bunch of raised head M4 machine screws that I used to secure the heatsink to the back plate of the camera. Great design feature of the ZWO brand to keep the back of the housing clear.

A few photos of another Heath Robinson project.

[Gina]

Good thinking 😀

Edited July 26, 2019 by Gina

[dyfiastro]

I was thinking about doing the same but wondered how hard it would be to take it a step further.
Most ZWO cameras have a temperature read out. I am wondering how hard it would be to implement some kind of DIY ascom controlled cooler that could take the built in temperature for control.

[Stargazer33]

Way beyond my capabilities. I was just wondering about adding a small fan to the heatsink! 😁