Originally Posted by justgary (yes, on cold mornings, I have water condensing on my machine) |
Thank goodness that's not something I need to contend with where I live. But I've designed instruments to work in a coldroom, and we did pretty much the same thing as you're talking about with the light bulbs--kept the stepper motors powered up full-time etc. to generate some heat to help prevent condensation.
Even in the benign conditions of inland California I've been using
Boeshield T-9 on unprotected ferrous surfaces, and it seems to do a good job.
Randy