OT? New use for Ampex ACR-225 (wasRe: [Tig] bulbs for the home)

[Ted Langdell]

Ted Langdell
Ted Langdell Creative Broadcast Services
Marysville, CA
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Hi, all and happy new year!

On Jan 3, 2007, at 3:18 AM, Peter Swinson wrote:

> I agree that Incandescent illumination is about 90% heat, however  
> here in
> the UK for up to six months a year it helps with keeping the
> house warm, so long as the ceilings are well insulated.

An engineer friend in chilly Reno, Nevada is going beyond that after  
his maybe five-year-old furnace died a few weeks ago.

While waiting for a replacement to be installed, he's using his Ampex  
ACR-225 D-2 format digital spot playback system to heat his 30 x 50  
manufactured house and videotape deck museum.  It's been doing the  
job, at what he says is an additional $500 a month for electrons.

He wrote late last night about a hitch in the getup:  "Lost a cooling  
fan in the ACR-225, so I had to shut down a tape transport. Reduces  
heat output 10-15 percent."

No word on whether he's watching anything via the 225.  I imagine his  
35" Sony CRT HDTV is helping in the bedroom, which is at the opposite  
end of the house.

If he needs additional heat, he has several Ampex VPR series 1-inch  
machines, a VR-1200 and AVR-1 Quad decks he can bring online.

On Jan 3, 2007, at 3:18 AM, Peter Swinson wrote:
> What is one of the worlds most inefficient machines ?
> A telecine of course.
> Anything up to 3KW into the beast, and, if it is analog PAL or NTSC.
> Then a maximum of 1V into 75ohms out, around 13mW.

To continue the refocus onto Telecine matters:  What model is a  
better heater?

Something in the Rank-Cintel lineage?  Bosch FDL and successors?  
Marconi?

And does the associated color correction device boost the heat output  
effectively?  If so, what makes do a better heating job? Does the  
degree of correction being applied make a difference?

Ted.