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Post by rockrookie on Jun 18, 2010 7:50:39 GMT -5
right now , all of my tumblers are in my basement . where the air temp is in the 60's year round .
we are moving this summer .
Closing on house next Thusrday . moving by School year
anyhow ,
in our new house , my summer tumbling area will be the garage .
which is uninsulated & not air condition .
my concern is , that i know how hot the motors get in a cool area .
so , what about in a garage , where temps could be in the
80 or 90's .
is this a problem .
also this area is not heated , in the winter .
so i can't tumble , all winter .
i was thinking of adding windsheild washer fluid , in place of water . to stretch out my season .
would this work ?
Thanks !!!
--paul
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Post by johnjsgems on Jun 18, 2010 8:59:29 GMT -5
We call 80 or 90 "sweater weather" here. Tumblers should be ok. You could use a box fan if needed. Many in cold areas put a cardboard box over the tumbler to trap the motor heat to prevent freezing.
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Post by pebblepup on Jun 18, 2010 10:24:35 GMT -5
I run four tumblers in my garage and have no problems in the summer. When it gets cold 30-40 degrees in the garage I have had problems with soft materials like opal.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jun 18, 2010 11:26:16 GMT -5
Here in the frozen north I have no problems in the summer 80's and 90's. But when it drops to 20 below, the mud in my tumblers turns to concrete. Cardboard box trick does no good. My tumblers are in an insulated but unheated breezeway.
Don
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Post by tkrueger3 on Jun 18, 2010 12:46:55 GMT -5
Trust me on this - my tumblers run just fine, in my garage, 24/7, in mid-summer when we tend to go over 100 degrees daily, and it gets to over 140 in the garage! Your garage would feel air-conditioned by contrast.
Tom
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Post by rockrookie on Jun 18, 2010 16:09:01 GMT -5
thank you all , for you input .
that is a releif .
--paul
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2010 23:00:27 GMT -5
Greetings Paul, rotary & vibe tumblers run hot by design, my 1.36kg (3lb) Beach rotary runs at an average of 45ºC (113ºF) with a room temperature between 18ºC (64.4ºF) - 30ºC (86ºF). Other tumblers may be as high & or exceed 65ºC (149ºF), generally 66ºC (150.8ºF) or above i would either use a room fan in the same room just to to turnover the air in the room, or & add extra heat sinks externally to the motor or base, even old cpu heat sinks fans work, you can solder them on, but you do not need the fans as they are 5 - 12V DC, if that did not help i would point a room fan at the tumbler. -- I hail from (The Barony of Seabegs) Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire, U.K, where aliens sometimes come for a visit & about 4 miles west from this monstrosity! Sticky's: their contents are resource information 1: Vendors worldwide, 2: FAQS: Tags & Smilies, 3: How to identify rocks & minerals, 4: Save money on expensive grits & polishes! |
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Post by Roller on Jun 19, 2010 0:10:17 GMT -5
I read that excessive heat causes pits ... But the article never mentioned a degree or celcius ...Any thoughts ?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2010 0:56:03 GMT -5
Greetings "Roller", i now use the following format for users world-wide: Metric (Imperial / Customary units). Most countries are solely metric so (pounds, inches, Fahrenheit, gallons & etc's) are meaningless, where as (kilograme's, centimetre's, Celsius, Litre's & etc's) are meaningless mostly to members from the USA! MetricationMetric converter-- I hail from (The Barony of Seabegs) Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire, U.K, where aliens sometimes come for a visit & about 4 miles west from this monstrosity! Sticky's: their contents are resource information 1: Vendors worldwide, 2: FAQS: Tags & Smilies, 3: How to identify rocks & minerals, 4: Save money on expensive grits & polishes! |
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Post by rocklicker on Jun 29, 2010 15:45:45 GMT -5
A small clip-on desk fan on your tumblers should keep them cool. I found that my tumbler motor got real hot so I put a fan near it and it keeps the temps down to a pretty comfortable level.
Steve
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