[QuadList] What's the hottest ambient temp in which you've run a Quad deck?

[Klara Foeller]

I had problems at temps around 80 degrees with humidity at about 60%.  
(We've been having HVAC issues.)  It seemed less a problem with the 
VT1200 and more a problem with the videotape.  Unfortunately, our 
storage area also had excessive humidity.

My usual "sticky" to normal tape ratio is about 1 in 15.  My engineer 
and I tried to run tape only once under the described conditions and the 
failure rate was 6 out of 7 tapes.  I was giving a demonstration of the 
equipment that day and had to proceed; that even one of the tapes played 
was a bit of a miracle.

We've since stabilized our environment and I'm hoping there is no 
lasting ill effects to the tape.  But, based on my experience, humidity 
is more of a problem than heat; and the tape is more problematic than 
the machine.

Klara Foeller, Curator
Moving Image & Sound Collections
Missouri History Museum
314 746-4513

Ted Langdell wrote:
> With temps in the Central Sacramento Valley running from 105-111 
> degrees as I write this, (and my southwest corner office running 93.1 
> at desktop level despite 12,000 BTU's of AC in the window), I was 
> curious to know:
>
> What's the hottest ambient temp you've in which you've run a Quad deck?
>
> What was the humidity?
>
> Circumstances?
>
> If it's too hot where you are to answer just now, I understand.  The 
> coolest inhabited place I can find in the Sierra is in the upper 70's 
> almost 80.
>
> Gotta dash.  My wife is making an frozen water bottle stop on her way 
> to work.
>
> Ted
>
> Ted Langdell
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> e-mail: ted at quadvideotapegroup.com <mailto:ted at quadvideotapegroup.com>
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