CA Central near the COast, but in an interior valley Lots hotter than 15 miles west. Supply is wells, but stored in a big steel tank up the hill, so probly 80.
Drought is still on, another one, so I have for many years filled a Rubbermaid tub with water and tempered it to 68-75 depending on the season, and use the Ilford washing method.
I switched to concentrates for the chems and dilute them from the tub for use
Water coming from the tap in my present suburban location in NY runs about 64 deg. The water is supplied by the county, i.e. not well water. Does not seem to be much different at different times of year that I can recall.
640 foot deep well... about 65-67F all year... thank goodness.
I too have to cool my water in the summer. I think it is running around 80 right now maybe higher. It is city water from the Floridan aquifier which is unconfined. But the city system is fairly large and the pipes are not buried too deep as we rarely see temps below 32 degrees F in winter. I have the hot water nearly all the way off when I shower.
Regards
Marty
I live in Dubai and my "cold" tap water (comming from a water tank next to the house) has reached 39 Celsius.
I started to use and process my old E6 films. 😀😀😀
That's a good plan!Originally Posted by Bernhardas
I am waiting for mine to get hotter and begin learning E6 process.
Tin Can
In Ottawa, Canada, the ground water is just a little over 68F/20C, just enough to be annoying. I use a Jobo but it doesn't cool the water. It only heats it. So if I want to develop film in the summer, I have to recalculate my development times for about 21C. Usually, I just wait for September. Summer is very very short here and I prefer to spend it outside.
I Winnipeg it does not get all that warm, but it does change in quality for mixing chemicals, winter water is much better.
On my former place, a large farm with two 10,000 gallon cisterns fed by a 450' deep well the water was always colder than 68F. When the water heater failed it became quite obvious.
I take bottles of filtered water to the basement and it's been tracking 80-85 degrees down there for weeks. Winter it was ??64?? I think. I've been thinking of colonizing one of the upstairs bathrooms because it has running water so I could get a sensible temperature control, a vent fan, a drain and would be easier to make dark than the basement which is only dark after dark so far.
Btw, am I right to think overly hot water, short development times could combine to raise contrast on X-Ray films? Or is it just over development because maybe I'm off the temperature correction chart?
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