PLacing ur drums DIRECTLY under air con.

[marcdadrummer]

Now i have the option on at my balcony cut out, i only have one place to put it and it's gonna be right under the aircon...

the aircon is usually turned on at night and turned off at morning... but it's gonna hit it directly.. will it have any effects in time???

 

[alvinthedrummer]

YES!!! DUN!!! My first kit's lugs started falling off after only 3-4 months at the balcony! If the sun gets to it....discoloration will happen too....

 

[marcdadrummer]

ooh... thanks bro alvin.. i thought it'll grow branches and leaves later on ha haha...

thx for the advice..

so far the best i put at my room, no rusts no air con mold.. is that the best place to put ur kit - inside an aircon room?

 

[kanzer]

haha yea. for sure dun put in the balcony. sg weather is very tempermental. like suddenly hot then cold. so yea will cuz problems with your kit. maybe warp i dunno. then for sure will discolour, then morning mist may spoil it worse. but in room lets say for me i have air con at night. then off in morning. so i think will cuz problems too. any advice for that guys?

 

[marcdadrummer]

my room damn small aircon always low speed... no rusts no warp no nothing for 4.5 years... on at night.. off at 5.20am, than on again at 7am...

been doing that and my drums nothing haha... once in a blue moon open window coz later got one stupid (some kind of bee but 3x the size of a normal bee and the sting damn big one) wanna come in... but luckily now no more already haha...

should be ok lah...

 

[Frummer]

definitely better to put in a room...

but ive put mine in the balcony since....1st Jan 2006.still relatively similar! ahaha...im lucky i guess...opposite block blocking some sunlight ahaha

 

[reuben]

my room always kana sun one... so every morning i draw the curtains and the room becomes all dark... at night den open.. fyi my set is it my room

bad idea to keep any instrument in the sun.. my guitar warped until quite bad...

 

[kari_convention]

i also placed my kit in my room. But i have to cut a box and stick it 3/4 of my window to reduce the sunlight because the window is directly facing the drums.

day or night, my room is just the same. :lol:

 

[Freakae2]

UV rays discolour Laquer finishes over time.

 

[weckl-x]

Yup, in fact, it's not limited to lacquer finishes, wraps can be affected too.

With prolonged exposure, UV rays (the most damaging) can break down dyes and pigments in a wide variety of objects and materials. Paintings, clothes, furniture, curtains, plastics, etc.

Generally, as long as it's not in direct sunlight, it'll hold up. Some serious collectors I know, keep their precious vintage kits in cases, taken out only when they want to play them, to prevent fading.

Ultraviolet radiation, which is invisible to the human eye, has the shortest wavelengths of the three types of solar radiation, from 300 to about 380 nm. The next-shortest wavelengths are those of visible light from about 380 to 780 nm, while the near-infrared radiation (sometimes called invisible solar heat) has the longest wavelengths, from 780 to 4045 nm.

Work by numerous scientists, including Albert Einstein, has proven that the shorter the wavelength of solar radiation, the greater the fading damage potential. Therefore, ultraviolet radiation is the most damaging, followed by the shorter-wavelength visible light. Visible light at wavelengths above about 600 nm as well as near-infrared radiation seems to cause very little fading.

http://www.alpeninc.com/features/uv/index.html

All light, particularly that in the ultraviolet (UV) and infrared (IR) regions of the spectrum, induces chemical changes which age materials by degrading them. The most pernicious photochemical damage is caused by UV rays. IR radiation will cause chemical changes, and it accelerates the destructive effect of both UV light and visible radiation. Although not as profound in its destructive capacity as IR or UV, visible light can cause fading or darkening of some pigments. Photochemical deterioration, which occurs in organic objects such as works on paper and textiles, is cumulative and cannot be reversed.

http://solarart.com/blocks.html

 

[marcdadrummer]

Now i have the option on at my balcony cut out, i only have one place to put it and it's gonna be right under the aircon...

the aircon is usually turned on at night and turned off at morning... but it's gonna hit it directly.. will it have any effects in time???

 

[kanzer]

hey. erm i think it wouldn't really affect. but may develop air con mould?
cuz at nght cold morning hot so will water condense

 

[weckl-x]

Mine is also kinda under the living room AC.

My guess: As long as the temperature change isn't drastic, condensation shouldn't occur. So, after you switch off the aircon, keep the door closed, let the temperature drop gradually. For me, when it's on, it's 24-25C, so, slowly rise to 29-30C will be fine.

It helps to have the fan on when you're around, ensures that humidity doesn't build up in any particular areas of the room.