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Author Topic: how hot is to hot in the projection booth? Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-04-2006 09:56 AM                     Most electronic equipment doesn't like an ambient temp much above 90f  |  IP: Logged Sam D. Chavez Film God Posts: 2153 From: Martinez, CA USA Registered: Aug 2003 posted 04-04-2006 10:51 AM                       Nostalgia will get you everywhere. The girls were prettier, the burgers were tastier, etc. I too remember my DI days fondly, my dog chasing the seagulls when I did the field, the fog rolling in late at night before the film ended, the exit guard bringing me donuts at midnight, and most of all running the Clint Eastwood trilogy until 4:00 AM while my ex wife was schtuping(sp) someone at home. Just Kidding, maybe!  |  IP: Logged John T. Hendrickson, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 889 From: Freehold, NJ, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 04-04-2006 06:25 PM                     Point well taken Monte. Obviously I had a deal on my mind last night  |  IP: Logged Frank Dubrois Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 896 From: Cleveland, OH Registered: Mar 2005 posted 04-09-2006 07:08 PM                    If I sweat, then its too hot. Usually no one cares.  |  IP: Logged Floyd Justin Newton Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 559 From: Phoenix, Arizona, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 04-10-2006 06:03 PM                     Frank-- When I was in the booth with a pair of JJs W/a pair of Ashcraft Super Cinex pumping and humping on 190 Amps, we had 5 tons of refrigeration that kept the booth at a toasty 70 degrees. It was kept at that temperature year round, and we had no problems with any of the equipment. Everything just hummed along.  |  IP: Logged Frank Dubrois Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 896 From: Cleveland, OH Registered: Mar 2005 posted 04-10-2006 11:32 PM                    70 degrees would be a dream!! its always around 85...until summer hits..then its closer to 88. I sweat...but no one cares  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 04-11-2006 12:15 AM                     Hmmmm... Ashcraft "Super Cinex" - they DO pump out quite the heat, especially running at 190amps...Muy Calente! ...that would have been a hot booth without any form of A/C .. and a massive 'sweathouse' . Monte  |  IP: Logged Jason Burroughs Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 654 From: Allen, TX Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-12-2006 11:58 AM                     Heating conditions like those listed here, are a PRIME reason that the exhibition industry is no where near ready for the mass roll out of digital cinema. Most theaters were designed with no consideration to power redundancy and conditioning and very little consideration to the environmental conditions of the room. Some theaters, especially those in smaller chains, that even if they are able to afford the migration to digital, will not be able to afford, or even know about the special considerations to protect their investments. The digital equipment will be much more sensitive to temperature and humidity that equipment that currently exists in most projection booths. Even the digital audio equipment has essentially been hardened somewhat to be able to live in the average projection booth. I honestly don't see the average theater retro fitting their facilities to properly house this equipment, and instead performing a 1 for 1 swap and leaving it at that and PRESTO they have digital. However they will be plagued with outages, and high repair costs due to their short sightedness.  |  IP: Logged

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