[cma-l] Air conditioning advice PLEASE HELP!!

[Two Lochs Radio]

I you have an above ceiling/below floor space then bathroom/kitchen type 
ducting with the fan mounted remotely from the air outlets, preferably 
mounted on convenient masonry, not timber frame, is usually pretty effective 
with minimial noise/sound leakage. Ideally you would build baffle boxes 
behind the outlets.

Are you on a ground floor with access to a garden or grass area? If so, you 
can make a wonderful low-energy cooling system by getting some community 
volutneers to bury 50-100mm drainage pipes with suitable protected intake 
and drawing air through it into the building - as long as the pipes are 
buried at least 300mm, preferably a little more, they will be held at aroudn 
10-14C by the earth, and they just need to be long enough to deliver enough 
cooling to match the rate of air flow!

Alex

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Suttie" <stevensuttie at aol.com>
To: <cma-l at commedia.org.uk>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:35 AM
Subject: [cma-l] Air conditioning advice PLEASE HELP!!


> Good morning CMA members,
>
> I wonder if you can offer any advice on CHEAP methods of keeping studios
> nice and cool? When we had our brief encounter with warm weather last
> week we realised it was time to start thinking of a cheap and effective
> ways of keeping our place pleasant.
>
> What do you use?
>
> I know fans are always a good idea...but our mics pick up the hum quite
> badly.
>
> Please help!!
>
> Kindest Regards
> Steve Suttie
> Station Manager, 94.4FM  Salford City Radio
> 0161 793 2939 (Office) 07772  355852 (Mobile)
> CHECK OUT http://www.salfordcityradio.org/
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