[CAUT] Heating system volume level

[Michael Magness]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 4:45 PM, joel a. jones <jajones2 at wisc.edu> wrote:

> Tim & Alan,
>
> During the remodeling of our concert hall it was discovered that only one
> of the
> four main inlets was working.   The other three were not connected,
> therefore
> forcing all the air into a small pipe.   After they were all made to
> function and
> the air supply balanced the hall was amazingly & acoustically pleasant.
>
> I have no idea if this is the problem with your facility, but I listen in
> rooms
> with forced air to take note of the sound and the amount of air movement.
>
> Take your HVAC engineer to lunch and ask about the system.  We toured the
> air handlers looking at the humidity system and the dirt in the filters.
>  Soon
> after that our engineer found a piece of wire in the ducts that had been
> causing
> an annoying  rattle in our small recital hall since 1970.  Since the
> building was
> constructed this tapping would come and go without any set pattern.
> Show how important it is to have a quiet  environment for music.
>
> Find the guy with the screw driver has been, and continues to be, my
> mantra.
>
> Joel
> Joel Jones, RPT
> Madison, WI
>
> On Sep 22, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Alan McCoy wrote:
>
> Tim,
>>
>> I think most HVAC systems are designed for minimum air changes per hour
>> (or
>> some such target) as dictated by state regulations. How that affects the
>> uses the room is put to probably does not enter the equation. Hence our
>> continuing battle. The HVAC system in our recital hall has to be shut off
>> for each performance because it is so loud. Then of course the room
>> becomes
>> unbearably hot for performers and audience.
>>
>> Fun!
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> -- Alan McCoy, RPT
>> Eastern Washington University
>> amccoy at mail.ewu.edu
>> 509-359-4627
>> 509-999-9512
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Tim Coates <tcoates1 at sio.midco.net>
>>> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <
>>> caut at ptg.org>
>>> Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:48:46 -0500
>>> To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org>
>>> Subject: [CAUT] Heating system volume level
>>>
>>> I have looked over the CAUT website concerning heating/cooling for a
>>> building.  I don't see it addressing the volume aspect of heating/
>>> cooling.  I am looking for information concerning the acceptable
>>> volume level of units within a room.  Is there such information?  I
>>> have my own opinions, and I hope others on this list have their
>>> opinions.  My opinion is that heating/cooling units within the room
>>> that create low frequencies make that room a poor choice as a music
>>> room.   I am also of the opinion that there seems to be a point when
>>> the overall volume of a heating/cooling unit exceeds a certain level
>>> the room becomes unacceptable as a music room.  I don't know what
>>> that point is.  Does anyone?
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> Tim Coates
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Joel you make a point I've been pointing out for years, befriend the guys
> with all of the keys, the "janitors, system engineers"
>
etc. and make your point to and with them, they know where the access is to
these things and many times don't have to go through miles of red tape to
accomplish it.

Mike


-- 
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Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything
worthwhile.
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Michael Magness
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