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PHOTOCHEMISTRY TEMPERATURE CONTROL xx PHOTOCHEMISTRY xx PHOTOGRAPHIC DARKROOM SINK & PLUMBING xx PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSING EQUIPMENT xx TEMPERATURE MEASURING Tips on adapting the Radio Shack Temperature Sensor and Controlling Module for darkroom temperature measurement problems. Tip on converting a plastic box and aquarium heater into a water jacket for 100-degree color film chemicals. Tip on using a medium-sized cooler for the water bath surrounding chemical bottles when processing color film. Tip on using "Blue Ice" packs to cool down photo chemicals. Tip on converting a soil-heating cable into a heater for a water jacket. Super Temp, a recirculating water temperature control and electric heater that will hold a water bath at any temperature between 75 degrees and 105 degrees Fahrenheit. Est. cost: $63. Darkroom plumbing, two ways to control water temperature. Installing a commercial mixing valve and installing a low-cost water temperature gauge to monitor the temperature of the water. Tips on various ways of controlling water temperature in the darkroom. Tip: Use an electric food warmer tray to keep color chemicals at 112-degrees. Tip: Temperature controlled tank made from styrofoam ice chest and an aquarium heater. Darkroom thermometer buying guide. Simple developer heater made from a soil-heating cable and some cardboard. Simple temperature controlled water bath for color processing. Est. cost: $20. Tip: Make sure your thermostatic controlled darkroom mixing valve is not feeding hot water into your cold water line. A guide to temperature control in the darkroom. Tip: Make a water temperature monitor from a piece of garden hose and a dial thermometer. Tip on maintaining the temperature of film developing chemicals and wash water. Darkroom basics. A review of the importance of temperature control to your photographic processing. Make a temperature-controlled water bath from a hotplate, tin can, and aquarium pump. Est. cost: $50. Tips and tricks you may find handy in your color darkroom. (1) Conserving on paper. (2) Freeing film of fingerprints. (3) On-easel enlarger metering. (4) Warming chemicals. The ins and outs of "drift-by" temperature control, a low-tech, low-cost solution to the problem of temperature control in your color darkroom. Tray processing for color prints. Building a temperature-controlled "hotbox" for your color developer. Your tray floats in a waterbath that is heated with an aquarium heater. Tip: Use a microwave oven to preheat photo chemicals and waterbath to working temperatures. Especially good for higher-temp color processing. Tip: An electric crockpot serves as a waterbath to keep photo chemicals at 100-degrees F. Tip: Use a shower control valve as an economical water temperature regulator for your darkroom. Tip on using fish tank heaters to control processing temperatures in photo tanks and trays. Tip on using small, electric "beverage heaters" to raise the temperature of photo chemicals. Temperature control on a budget. How to use an immersion heater, fish tank pump and thermometer to maintain accurate color chemical temperatures. Homemade water temperature "control" allows for easier monitoring of darkroom water supply. Keeping photographic chemicals at the desired temperatures by means of a thermostatic control on a print dryer or electric hotplate which is used to warm the chemicals. Build the Mermaid I. A submersible heater, made out of junk box 0.5-watt resistors, is used to heat etchant, photo chemicals, fish tanks, etc. A unique batch processing method ensures consistent color balance. A large plastic trash container will hold water, chemicals, and processing tubes at the correct processing temperature for long periods of time. The photo-therm, an electric thermometer that can either turn on hot or cold water (not both) or sound an alarm when temperature of a liquid (photo chemicals) vary more than 5 degrees from desired value. Proportional temperature controller. A circuit that provides precise control of temperatures for darkroom film processing and other applications. The circuit controls an immersion heater to keep three gallons of liquid at a selected temperature. Darkroom chemical temperature controller maintains processing temps to within a fraction of a degree. Tips on temperature control in color printing. Water temperature monitor made from photo thermometer and some plumbing fittings. Est. cost: $2. Darkroom temperature controlled water bath is made from a styrofoam ice ehest and an aquarium heater. Est. cost: $7. Tip: Keep chemicals cool in the summer with ice cubes enclosed in plastic bags and put into tray with solution. Thermometers. How do they measure up? Tips on selecting and using darkroom thermometers. Tip: Use an accordion-type collapsible plastic bottle, filled with warm or cold water, to keep your photo chemicals at the right temperature. Tip: Drill a hole in your mixing faucet spigot and epoxy the stem of a dial thermometer into the hole. Tip: Make your own temperature controlled water bath for color chemicals from a styrofoam ice chest and an aquarium heater. Use a 5 gallon plastic bucket and an aquarium heater to maintain your processing chemicals at proper processing temperature. Tip: Use rectal thermometers in dark processing. Tip on cooling chemicals with ice without diluting them. How to construct a heated-water bath that uses an aquarium heater as an inexpensive temperature control. Tips on controlling time and temperature when home-processing color film. Automatic processing is the key to consistently good results when processing color slides. Comments on the importance of automatic temperature control and automated agitation. Water jacket for kepping photo chemicals up to the proper temperature is built from a fiberglass-covered wooden box, fish tank pump and fish tank heaters. Unit shown is 2x3-ft. and 6" deep. larger units can be built. Est. cost: $35. Tip: Temperature controlled water bath for E-6 processing is made from a deep plastic tool tray equipped with two aquarium heaters and a thermometer. Build a color solution warming cabinet. Heated storage cabinet made from a metal garbage can is kept at 100-degrees F. by means of an electronic thermostat and a 250-watt strip heater. Tips on selecting and installing thermostatic mixing valves. Make your own temperature-controlled processing drum for E-6 and C-41 process color films. Est. cost: $15. Electonic thermometer audibly signals the temperature for photo darkroom use. Heater control for aquarium or photographic chemical use. Circuit shown will handle up to 200 watts. Used to control immersible or non-immersible heaters. Tip: Use a block of styrofoam with a hole cut in it to help control the temperature of a film developing tank. For proper developing of Kodak Tri-X film in Acufine developer, temperature control is very important. How to keep your cameras, films and chemicals cool when the weather is hot. Use a fish tank heater and other tips designed to keep your color processing chemicals at the right temperature. Why you shouldn't let temperature control stop you from processing your own color film and prints. How to select and use a darkroom thermometer. Temperature control, the key to perfect processing of color films and prints, is easier than you think. Two techniques to help keep your darkroom and chemistry cool. Tip on using reusable plastic-encased party ice cubes to control photochemical temperature. Using a microwave oven to heat up chemicals for color film and print processing. Build a darkroom water chiller utilizing an inexpensive thermoelectric cooler. | |||||||||
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