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Motion Picture News
December 6 , 19 3 0
Manufactured Weather Catches Up With The Industry's Small Theatre Operator
UNIT AIR CONDITIONING AT LAST BRINGS "COMFORT"
MACHINERY WITHIN THE ECONOMIC RANGE OF
THE FIVE-HUNDRED SEAT THEATRE
An Interview With
A. C. BUENSOD
Theatre Division, Carrier Engineering Corp.
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ERFECTION of unit air conditioning brings within the cost range of the 500-seat theatre a complete system capable of producing results equal and in some respects surpassing the best that has been achieved for the large de luxe house.
The development, announced to the industry in this exclusive article to MOTION PICTURE NEWS, is regarded as the most significant contribution of air conditioning engineers to the so-called comfort field, and represents the successful culmination of efforts of the entire air conditioning industry to arise to the demand created in the public mind by motion picture theatres themselves for indoor comfort the year round in places of public assembly.
Naturally, in the beginning of theatre conditioning only the big de luxe houses were equipped, for the simple reason that the total invested capital of a de luxe house is so large that the addition of an air conditioning system, regardless of its cost, is necessary in order that attendance could be maintained at
Carrier Centrifugal, Fully Enclosed Refrigeration Unit, Which Runs Automatically and Does Not Require Services of House Engineer. Three Sizes of Machines Are Now Ready for Next Summer's Operation
Carrier Unit for Small Houses. Includes Fan, Spray and Cooling Chambers, Automatic Dampers, Heaters and Sound Silencers, Used in Conjunction With the Centrifugal, Fully Enclosed Refrigerator Which Runs Automatically
the highest level possible in summer as well as winter seasons. With the smaller type theatre, however, resultant costs of refrigeration made it prohibitive for this class of house to install air conditioning, or where installation costs were available, maintenance overhead provided too much of a burden for owners of this type of theatre.
The elements necessary for air conditioning in the small house are exactly the same as they are for the de luxe house : to maintain definite relations of temperature, relative humidity and air motion.
Consequently, a system of refrigeration similar to that employed in the de luxe house installation, but of smaller capacity is necessary. However, the refrigerating machine is the most costly item of the investment required for complete theatre air conditioning system. Until new developments permitted, a small house could not sustain the maintenance and operating charges necessary with a refrigerating machine such as is used in a de luxe house. It was necessary that this be a foolproof machine to function without any maintenance or operating attention. The cost of the complete installation must, of neces