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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 <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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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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> 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?
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> Thanks in advance.
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