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#3
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Dave miller
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7th October 2008, 11:36 AM
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No, the water supply isn't controlled. The water in the 5 gallon break tank over the door warms quite quickly to ambient temperature, and when I need warmer water I use a small kettle to heat it. |
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Mike O'Pray
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6th November 2008, 11:44 PM
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Great article Dave. I remember reading it a while ago It must have been on EMMG, I think.
Have you worked out the cost of what appears to be a constant heating system which is on 24 hrs a day to enable you to use the darkroom at a moments notice? I must say that as a Jock this would worry me a little Secondly I think you don't have piped water from the mains. So how do you get the water into the 5 gallon tank and if you wash FB can you fill the tank and forget for at least one darkroom session? Why ask all these Q's you may say as I have a converted bedroom for a darkroom. Well strangely enough I was telling the wife that my velcro-stuck darkroom blind was inclined to leak on sunny days and one thing led to another and she hinted at a darkroom shed in the garden. I have reservations - no extra heating and it's just too easy to get to the toilet but it's as well to be prepared. Thanks Mike O'Pray |
#8
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Sandeha Lynch
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7th November 2008, 07:28 AM
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Hoggin, I suspect.
Excellent job. |
#9
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Dave miller
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7th November 2008, 07:31 AM
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The heater is small at 600w, it's controlled by a room thermostat as opposed to the heaters built-in thermostat, and as the shed is very well insulated it does not operate very much, I've not notice any increase in electricity consumption since I started using it, but then if I'm in the darkroom I'm not on this machine burning electricity. When I'm working in the darkroom it is rare for the heater to operate, in fact the temperature generally rises a couple of degrees; and that's not just me swearing at the prints I making. I have got a mains water supply that feeds the break tank. |
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