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

[JR Schilberg]

See comments below...

At 07:56 PM 6/28/2009, you 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?

I didn't check at the time, but our (1) VR1200 & 
(2) VR2000 tape room at KFDA-TV in Amarillo could 
get rather warm, especially when the AC faltered. 
In this particular case, I think it may have been "ill" at the time.


>What was the humidity?

Quite dry up at 3500' AMSL. Probably below 50% 
and above 30%. I know a bag of chips stayed fresh for quite awhile there!


>Circumstances?

It was the edit session following our huge 
regular production of All Star Wrestling. The 
VR2000 was being finicky in the heat and I was 
before it, in proper position (on my knees), 
checking a few things when I looked up and behind 
me and realized the BTU culprit. There stood a 
wall of wrestling flesh, a mere 7' from the front 
of the VTR. I recall seeing a few of the big 
stars of the day like Junk Yard Dog, two of the 
Funk brothers, André the Giant, and a couple 
others gawking at the session. Their post-show 
collective heat had raised the room temp 
considerably. I remember feeling quite in charge 
when I asked them all to give the machine more 
breathing room, and in unison, they shuffled back 
a few feet. Of course, the VR2000 began to perform once again like a champ!

John

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Have knelt before the TR-70A, TR-70C, TR-4, 
TR-600 (barely), AVR-2, AVR-3, ACR-25 (buffer 
version), VR-1200, VR-2000, Editec, the VPR-2 and the VPR-80

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