monster dehumidifier, part II
last night i began to suspect that the way they were going to tie the dehumidifier into the studio would be problematic from a soundproofing perspective. both the supply and the return are 10" round duct, and their plan was to go straight through the concrete block and then through the studio wall with these. doorways and windows aside, whenever something needs to pass through both leaves of a double wall, it's really a good idea to offset the wall penetrations to help minimize crosstalk. i was especially concerned with the supply being so close to a noise source such as the furnace.
we tossed around a few ideas for rectifying this situation, but nothing seemed to quite pan out, owing in part to the rather large size of the duct. larry decided we should probably just scrap the plug-directly-into-the-studio plan and hook the dehmidifier up to the main house supply over by the furnace. which i thought was the original plan all along, but what do i know.
new furnace is being installed as i speak. dehumidifier may or may not get installed today.