OK to refrigerate partially-exposed 35mm roll?

[aldevo]

I have a roll of 35mm 400TX that I didn't quite get the chance to finish today. I will not have an opportunity to shoot the last dozen or so frames or process the film until 4-5 days from now. My air conditioning is currently broken and the weather report is calling for warm temperatures for the next several days - so I wish to avoid heat degradation of the exposed/unexposed film.

Can I store this roll of film in my refrigerator for several days without harm befalling the exposed or unexposed frames?

 

[MattKing]

Yes, but you need to keep it dry, and you need to be careful about keeping it dry when you remove it from the refrigerator.
But for Tri-X, I wouldn't bother. Put it somewhere reasonable (not in the direct sun and where there is some airflow) and 4-5 days won't hurt it.
In a drawer or under the bed works for me.

 

[Gerald C Koch]

Don't bother refrigerating you're not really saving anything. The latent image does not degrade that fast.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Do not bother to refrigerate Tri-X. What Matt and Gerald said.

 

[bdial]

A few days warm won't hurt it any, the bigger hazard would be possible condensation damage when you take it out of the fridge.
As the others said, don't worry about it.

 

[Jim Jones]

We who have photographed in extremely cold climates quickly learn not to worry about the OP's question. However, if you do refrigerate it, heed bdial's warning about condensation. Also, cold batteries may not operate efficiently.

 

[aldevo]

Everything worked out fine. I placed the partially-exposed 35mm cartridge in its original film canister in my refrigerator, where it stayed for about 5 days. I then took it out, gave it about 20 hours to come up to ambient temp (to avoid condensation), removed the cartridge from the canister and shot the remaining frames.

No loss of quality was evident in the negatives upon processing.

 

[Sirius Glass]

20 hours is longer than necessary. It only needs to warm up so an hour is enough time.

 

[aldevo]

20 hours is longer than necessary. It only needs to warm up so an hour is enough time.

Agreed. In this case, I took the canister out of the fridge before going to bed figuring I would shoot the remainder early in the morning - but didn't get the opportunity until later in the day - hence the 20 hour timeframe.

 

[GarageBoy]

As long as it's inside and not in a hot car, it'll be ok