Dew controller help

[Anthonyexmouth]

Just picked up a s/h Rother Valley Dew controller. Anyone here got one and confirm the bottom 2 ports are for 12v power in? Don't want to blow it before I've used it. If they are power in I can desolder the cigar lighter lead thats attached.

Edited July 8, 2023 by Anthonyexmouth

[david_taurus83]

I don't have one but I do have a Hitecastro one which looks the same. They will be 12v outputs. The cigar plug cable is beefy because its designed to handle lots of amps as some dew bands are quite big. The 5.5 x 2.1 plugs we use on most astro kit are only really good for a few amps before they start overheating. 

[Anthonyexmouth]

4 minutes ago, david_taurus83 said:

I don't have one but I do have a Hitecastro one which looks the same. They will be 12v outputs. The cigar plug cable is beefy because its designed to handle lots of amps as some dew bands are quite big. The 5.5 x 2.1 plugs we use on most astro kit are only really good for a few amps before they start overheating. 

Ah, ok. Ill hardwire the cigar lighter cable into my pier

 

I thought it might have been dual inputs for increased amp loading. 

Edited July 8, 2023 by Anthonyexmouth