Re: enclosure heater

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Dear Carl,

If a heating controler performs to your specs will depend on the material, shape, volume and architecture of your incubator (and the ambient conditions) maybe that's why its difficult to buy a stand alone solution, because no serious manufacturer would like (and be able) to grant you the thing is working in the end.

In case you would provide the above mentioned information and the microscope type, I have no doubt folks at embl Heidelberg (embl-em.de) would provide you with their heating unit, which maintaines temp to +-0.1degC between 16 and 42 degC, provided ambient temp between 19 and 24 degC.
Of course +-0.5degC might be achievable with a lower cost solution, though be aware you will observe focus shifts with 0.5degC variations at least with >1.2 NA lenses.

Hope that helps.

regards, jens
 
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Sent: Montag, 17. Dezember 2007 19:14
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Subject: enclosure heater

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Dear all,
As a finer point to the discussion of stage/microscope heater systems, can folks give me an idea of where to find just a heater and thermostat controller for an existing enclosure?  I have searched high and low for a recently mentioned heater for incubating eggs, and have come up empty-handed.  Everything I've seen comes as complete units, so components are not mentioned.  The presumption is that once the desired tempurature is reached, it can be maintained within ± 0.5 degrees or less.

Thanks very much,
Carl

Carl A. Boswell, Ph.D.
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