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Safelight in fridge

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I have an old fridge in my darkroom, filled with film, paper, soda, beer, and cold cuts. Real food goes in the one in the kitchen. Some years ago I replaced the bulb with a small safelight bulb. Has anyone else done this?
 

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No room for a fridge in my bathroom.
 

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I thought that beverages in the darkroom were an absolutely no-no, yet secretly I've been doing this. A pot of strong tea to kick off a printing session, some red wine sometimes during a film dev session. I've found that wine and printing doesn't give good results.
 

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I think you should talk to Andy K (if my memory serves me right!)
 

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Yes I have now done this.
 

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I've only wrecked one print, forgetting it was in the developer while I grabbed a brew!
 

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I tried it in the bedroom almost 40 years ago. It did not work.
 

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If you keep the keg in the refrigerator and run the tap outside, you don't have to worry about the safelight.
 

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Reminds me of the guy that taped rubylith film over his tv screen so he could watch tv shows while printing large runs
 

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Lee Hamiel said:
Reminds me of the guy that taped rubylith film over his tv screen so he could watch tv shows while printing large runs

Eugene Smith did that.
 

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Hi !
Why not just removing the bulb ? My fridge is not deep enough to need ligh to differentiate a paper box from a can of beer ... And if I can't dinstinguish between the two I'd better not drink what I pull out ;-)
 
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GeorgesGiralt said:
Hi !
Why not just removing the bulb ? My fridge is not deep enough to need ligh to differentiate a paper box from a can of beer ... And if I can't dinstinguish between the two I'd better not drink what I pull out ;-)

The fridge door opens on the side away from the safelights, so without the light I can't distinguish between beer and soda.
 

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DBP said:
The fridge door opens on the side away from the safelights, so without the light I can't distinguish between beer and soda.
Sounds like a damn good reason for not having soda in your fridge...!