Hi,
    My suggestion ...VENTILATE !!! If you have any chemicals in the room
they are much more volatile in higher temperatures. I would be concerned for
your exposure limits being exceeded. You might want to have this checked at
some point.
    Another suggestion that may or may not be feasible is to look around for
some more space, even if it is small. Try to find something that you do not
use much and move it to that room thereby giving yourself more usable space.
We did this with our tissue processor in a lab that was hurting for space.
It was a bit of a pain to go back and forth to the processor but it did free
up some space. and in your case it would eliminate one heat source.

Amos Brooks

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike & Sue Becker" 
To: "HistoNet Server" 
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: Room Temperatures


> Hello All!
> So, I have this problem in the lab area I work in doing just frozen
> sections.  We have two cyrostats running all day and night.  The lab is
> probably 12 x14 or 14 x14 feet size wise.  These machines generate so much
> heat the typical temperature is anywhere from 73 degrees F up to 82
degrees
> F.
<<<< SNIP >>>>>
 There is
> alot of space above that which would help dissipate this steam bath!!  Any
> other ideas would be greatly apprecitated.  The whole place was recently
> renovated but no one expected such a hot lab-it's the machines for sure.
> The doc has talked about trying to vent the heat exhausts to the fan
exhaust
> in the ceiling.  Anyone ever done that??

> Good evening guys!  Where ever you are!!
>
> Bye.
>
> Sue Becker HTL(ASCP)
> Histotechnologist
> Albany, NY 12205
> USA
>
>