FW: Vendors for black-out curtains

[Ian Montgomery]

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            Think seriously of another solution e.g. safelights. Black-out curtains, in my experience, are the kiss of death. Think about the air conditioning in the room and how these curtains will affect it. The enclosed areas, how close are the curtains to the microscopes and will they cause local heating to microscope and computers? Be very cautious of the long term impact these curtains will have on the instruments and users.  

 

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From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of G. Esteban Fernandez
Sent: 29 October 2007 14:07
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Subject: Vendors for black-out curtains

 

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Hi everyone,

 

To accommodate new light microscopes coming to our facility we need to split a couple of rooms with black-out curtains.  We've seen some nice set-ups with curtains that slide on metal rails installed in the ceiling, can people recommend vendors for something like that?

 

Thanks in advance.

--
G. Esteban Fernandez, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Molecular Cytology Research Core Facility
University of Missouri
1201 E. Rollins St.
Columbia, MO  65211

[phone]

http://www.biotech.missouri.edu/mcc/

[Jennifer Waters]

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We got ours from http://www.nedraperyblind.com/.

 

Jennifer

 

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            Think seriously of another solution e.g. safelights. Black-out curtains, in my experience, are the kiss of death. Think about the air conditioning in the room and how these curtains will affect it. The enclosed areas, how close are the curtains to the microscopes and will they cause local heating to microscope and computers? Be very cautious of the long term impact these curtains will have on the instruments and users.  

 

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Sent: 29 October 2007 14:07
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Vendors for black-out curtains

 

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Hi everyone,

 

To accommodate new light microscopes coming to our facility we need to split a couple of rooms with black-out curtains.  We've seen some nice set-ups with curtains that slide on metal rails installed in the ceiling, can people recommend vendors for something like that?

 

Thanks in advance.

--
G. Esteban Fernandez, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Molecular Cytology Research Core Facility
University of Missouri
1201 E. Rollins St.
Columbia, MO  65211

[phone]

<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.biotech.missouri.edu/mcc/" target="_blank">http://www.biotech.missouri.edu/mcc/

--
Jennifer Waters, Ph.D.
Director, Nikon Imaging Center at Harvard Medical School

[Craig Brideau]

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This is an excellent point.  We had to design our ventilation system
around the curtains; otherwise you can accidentally have an in-lab
sauna if your laser/microscope is enclosed in a curtained area with no
airflow.  One solution is to retrofit each curtained area with in-wall
A/C units if your budget allows.

Craig


On 11/1/07, Ian Montgomery <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Search the CONFOCAL archive at
> http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=confocal
>
>
>
>             Think seriously of another solution e.g. safelights. Black-out
> curtains, in my experience, are the kiss of death. Think about the air
> conditioning in the room and how these curtains will affect it. The enclosed
> areas, how close are the curtains to the microscopes and will they cause
> local heating to microscope and computers? Be very cautious of the long term
> impact these curtains will have on the instruments and users.
>
>
>
>  ________________________________
>
>
> From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] On
> Behalf Of G. Esteban Fernandez
>  Sent: 29 October 2007 14:07
>  To: [hidden email]
>  Subject: Vendors for black-out curtains
>
>
>
> Search the CONFOCAL archive at
> http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=confocal
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
>
>
> To accommodate new light microscopes coming to our facility we need to split
> a couple of rooms with black-out curtains.  We've seen some nice set-ups
> with curtains that slide on metal rails installed in the ceiling, can people
> recommend vendors for something like that?
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>  --
>  G. Esteban Fernandez, Ph.D.
>  Associate Director
>  Molecular Cytology Research Core Facility
>  University of Missouri
>  1201 E. Rollins St.
>  Columbia, MO  65211
>
>  [phone]
>
>  http://www.biotech.missouri.edu/mcc/