Re: GREAT heater for Drying Cabinets

William Laven (wmlaven@platinotype.com)
Thu, 04 Jun 1998 14:51:26 -0700 (PDT)

>In a message dated 98-06-04 17:32:46 EDT, you write:
>
>>
>> Bill
>A fan in a film drying cabinet? I think your asking dust to come a knocken!
>I have a film/paper drying cabinet and have cut holes in the bottom and top of
>cabinet and then attached furnuce filters over the holes- alows air and
>moisture to pass through but not dust. A small heat unit in the bottom will
>force hot air and humidity out the top.
>David
>>
>>
>> ps Now I need to build a film drying cabinet. I might use another Enerjoy
>> unit (though would prefer something smaller) and know I'll need a small fan
>> of some sort to deal with the high humidity. Any suggestions of a good,
>> cheap way to make a film drying cabinet (for roll and sheet film) would be
>> nice.
>>

I know it needs to be filtered, but was wondering whether convection alone
would do the trick. I thought one of those small Radio Shack fans (2-4"
diameter) would help move the air through and reduce drying time
considerably.

How long does your film take to dry if you've got a bunch of rolls or
sheets in it?

Bill

*************************************************************************
WILLIAM LAVEN PHOTOGRAPHY

Offering Platinum/Palladium printing services and workshops and tutorials
in Pt/Pd printing and other areas of photography (Zone System, etc.)

1931 23rd Street, San Francisco, CA, 94107
415-647-9432 (voice) 415-647-9438 (fax)
wmlaven@platinotype.com
www.platinotype.com

*************************************************************************