Too hot to use projector?

Jules · 19-06-2005, 9:37 AM

It was 27 degrees in my AV room last night, and the projector is mounted close to the ceiling in a corner area of the room..
Today is going to be even hotter and I have no way of cooling the room down.

I don't want to cook my Sony HS50. I hate hot weather anyway! Roll on winter I say.

Nick_UK · 19-06-2005, 11:05 AM

Buy an air conditioner

paulfoley · 19-06-2005, 12:17 PM

My Cinema Room is in my garage, no windows, breezeblock consruction, etc. What this gives me is a cool room all the year round. I have an extra radiator in there running off of the main central heating for winter viewing. I didnt plan it this way - Just lucky I suppose ?

Kopite4Ever · 19-06-2005, 12:26 PM

must admit i wanted to watch a film on mine last night and didnt because it was so hot. with running a HTPC as well it gets damn hot. plus i sit with the pj above my head and pc next to me so id cook personally

CPU temps are to high on PC and i didnt want to risk my projector ! damn i really hate this weather in this country BRING BACK THE RAIN

sainthalo · 19-06-2005, 2:17 PM

no probs watching last night. as the kop says, pc next to me, z3 above. didnt feel the heat. actually pulled out the sofa bed and kicked back to bride and prejudice!

**inzaman** · 19-06-2005, 4:18 PM

My cellar conversion is very cool, even in this weather, again not planned just lucky as well. I thought that once it was built it might be too humid etc down there but its not its

Gary Lightfoot · 19-06-2005, 4:36 PM

I watched a movie in my loft last night, and the pc CPU was running at around 67c. The pj seemed fine though (well, it didn't shut down on temp

). I am considering a small air con unit up there which I'll probably run for an hour or two before hand to cool the room down (to say 20c) and then switch it off when watching the movie. That should give it plenty of lee-way to warm up again rather than start watching at 27c and let it get hotter.

Gary.

Stinja · 19-06-2005, 6:10 PM

My lounge dosent seem too hot for the projector, however the poor humans is another story... an enclosed room gets you a bit sweaty, what with no airflow, and of course it feels wrong to be in a darkened room when its so nice outside.

IMO a worse problem is the ultrastrong sunlight in summer, ive got blackout blinds up, but despite that light creeps around the edges, under doors etc all making watching films during the day a bit more dissapointing than the evenings.

I think i need an underground bunker next house!

eatstatic · 20-06-2005, 12:11 PM

What sort of temp is too hot for a projector?

Was watching a film last night and the 'overdrive' fan kicked in just as it was finishing. It did not shut down the unit but I took it that due to the room temp which I am not sure what it was (hot thought) this had caused the fan to kick in. Shut the unit down manually ans waited for the fan to stop.

I took it that due to the summer temp this was the reason for the fan to kick in. This has happened once before but it was in the winter and the room was too hot from the central heating.

eatstatic.

20-06-2005, 11:06 PM

Spec on my Epson TW10 is 5'c to 35'c operating temp.

davehk · 21-06-2005, 8:32 AM

I've installed one of these http://www.global-cooling.com/produc...roducts_id=712 in my living room/home cinema (easy self install). It has a silent mode for use at night, which is fine for watching movies - just need to cool the room down to desired temp beforehand and silent mode is able to keep it there.

(and it has a programable timer, so I;ve got it set to come on at 16.30, so by the time I get home at 18.00 the house is cool downstairs. Must get one upstairs soon!)

Jules · 09-07-2005, 7:11 PM

30 degrees in my AV room tonight with 3 big fans running full blast!
I was planning to watch a good movie tonight, but damn this hot weather!!

If it drops to around 24/25 before 10.30, I'll risk it. Otherwise it'll be a night in front of the TV

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