icy cold 95 foot deep well water, same temp as in the winter. Just the way I like it. I don 't think I would like tepid tap water. Then what, I'd have to put ice in it just to drink it?
icy cold 95 foot deep well water, same temp as in the winter. Just the way I like it. I don 't think I would like tepid tap water. Then what, I'd have to put ice in it just to drink it?
Did some darkroom work this evening. 56-57f.
We have a well and it gets down to 50f in the winter and 60f in the later summer.
A couple of weeks ago it was 68 f. got warmer days now, maybe 72-74 F. Trouble is I have to run the water a few minutes before it will get the coldest, with our water shortage here I hate to waste it.
My tap is at about 73 F--water source is the Potomac river.
Darkroom's in the basement... It's now well after dark, probably about 65 F out after a day in the 80's... On the thermometer I usually use for mixing, the cold water a moment ago was reading... 68 F!
We are opposite. If I'm lucky in the winter it's 68-70F. Here lately it was about 85F. Chilling chems in the freezer for 10-15 minutes is SOP for me in the summer.
When I'm in Turkey the water is a very consistent 27ºC (80.6ºF) so I process at that temperature, I get excellent results - no different to the 20ºC I use when in the UK.
Ian
I developed film two weeks ago when the daytime temps were 115 F (46 C) here in Tucson. My tap water was coming out of the faucet close to 90 F (32 C)! Used a lot of ice.
At the moment it's 63.5F from the tap which is a little warmer than I thought. Usually it's around 60F and I adjust the hot water tap to bring the temperature up to around 65F when filling the Jobo and water for mixing the chemistry. When everything is mixed and in the trough, I'll place the tank on the unit and begin the rotation. When the temperature is steady at 68F for a couple of minutes I begin processing.
Thomas
Yes, my half of the world is entering "winter". I've got the office heater running and am wearing a jacket. Welcome to alternative California. Mark Twain expressed
it best when he stated that the coldest winter he'd ever spent was a summer in San Francisco!
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