Orion 52095 instruction manual Power Consumption

Figure 7. Here, a Canon 350D is installed in the DSLR Cooler, with cables passing through the cable collar. The cable plugs are a tight fit!

Temperature sensor

Figure 8. The interior temperature sensor should not be removed from the ceiling of the housing.

Figure 9. The DSLR Cooler in place and ready to chill!

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Inside temperature	temperature

Figure 10. On the LCD temperature gauge, the IN reading is really the outside temperature and the OUT reading is the temperature inside the Cooler! That’s what happens when you repurpose an indoor/outdoor car thermometer.

After turning the Cooler on, you should see a temperature drop of 17°C to 20°C (30.6°F to 36°F) within 30 minutes, with a possible further decrease that levels off after about an hour.

NOTE: The digital thermometer on the DSLR Cooler dis- plays the internal temperature as “OUT” and the outside (ambient) temperature as “IN” (Figure 10). We know, it’s wacky!

2.After your imaging session, press the ON/OFF button again to turn the Cooler off. You’ll know it is off when the fan on the back of the housing stops rotating.

To prevent condensation from forming on the cold camera, it is best to either:

a.Leave it in the closed Cooler for a half hour or so before removing it, to allow the camera to warm up slowly, or

b.Remove it from the Cooler while still outside and immediately place the camera into a plastic bag and

seal it. (A large zip-lock freezer type food storage bag is ideal.) This way the condensation will form on the plastic bag, not on the camera itself.

Power Consumption

Drawing 3.7 to 4 amps of current, the DSLR Cooler requires lots of power. We recommend running it on at least a 30 amp-hour (AH) deep-cycle marine battery or, if possible, on household 110V power via an AC-to-12V DC adapter rated for at least 4 amps (both sold separately). A 30AH battery will provide power for up to 7.5 hours of continuous opera- tion, theoretically (30AH ÷ 4A = 7.5H); a 55AH battery will allow nearly 14 hours of continuous operation.

We do not recommend use of the Orion Dynamo Pro 12AH or 17AH batteries, since they would power the DSLR Cooler for only about 3 or 4 hours, respectively, on a full charge.

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