Ez W replied to the topic 'ZWO ASI071MC-Cool compatibility' in the forum. 5 years ago

Ron Kramer wrote:

ezwheels wrote: I have a 1600mmPro that I will try today and see if that one works. Since it is the same driver, perhaps the 071 camera itself is having issues? I had to send it back to China once already for serious fogging and temp probe issues.


the 071 was my first astro camera. the sensor would ice up, then the heater would defrost a grid pattern over the sensor. This happened when cooling lower than -10. (so always). Luckily ZWO allowed me to send it back and swap for the 1600MM back then. (that's made me a ZWO fan and I always shop/consider ZWO first now. (I have a 174 and a 094 as well as the 1600mmpro). I've heard a lot of other people having this same freezing problem. did you get it repaired? on yours?


I sent it in and they fixed what was causing my issues before. So far it seems to be working correctly. I posted about this on CN. The temp probe was failing, the sensor was getting fogged and iced up, so far that hasn't happened again, but I have only tested in Oakland,CA and Joshua Tree. Neither of these locations are very cold or very humid. The data from Joshua tree is exceptionally smooth and I like the camera. I would just also like to be able to use it on my Mac with EKOS again.

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