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Matthew Nicholas <[log in to unmask]> writes:

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> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 3:26 PM, B. Prabhakar Pandian <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>  However, the Andor does not have an on/off switch and the fan stays on
>> unless we shut down the computer.
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> I recently asked our local Andor rep, Charles Fanghella, about this issue
> and his response may be of interest:

No mater what Andor says this is a mad piece of design. Fans are
mechanical and do fail. We have had a fan ware out and the camera had to
go back to Andor, so now we shut down the PC which isn't the most
convenient either.

I think that fact that new version don't have this "feature"
demonstrates that even Andor think it is a bad idea. 

Ian 
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