Cooling the JVC RS1U in a Soffit

I'm building a hush box behind the cinema and feeding the projector into it from behind. The lens will pointing through an opening in the wall, into the cinema. I have allowed an air con duct to feed directly into the hush box, with a thermostat controlling air flow and when the air con needs to be triggered. Return air will be fan fed through the other side of the hush box.

Not sure if you have the option, but I think I've covered my bases.

Good luck.

Steve,

If you leave the front of the soffit open you'll be fine, primary air inlet and exhaust is on the front face of the projector with a small inlet also on the bottom.

Chris,

You should leave at least 10" clearance between the front of the projector and the front of the hushbox. Looking at the projector from the front, the cool air inlet is on the right and the hot air exhaust is on the left, you have to make sure that hot air cannot recirculate into the inlet.

Cheers

There was info in another thread, that the RS1 needed at least 7 inches in back of it for clearence or air flow.
Can this be confirmed or denied?
Thanks.
Tony

I had overheating problems with older D-ILA machine in soffit. I connected soffit to cold air return of furnace and put thermostat and cold end return beside projector. When temp rises activates fan only on furnace.

Tom, if using a dedicated ventilation system such as the ATM System 1 with a 4" diameter supply/intake on the bottom of the cabinet just under the RS1 exhaust, another just under the front intake, and the cabinet exhaust (to the System 1 fan) located in the top center of the cabinet over the RS1, do you think we would have adequate cooling? This cabinet would have the clearance recommended in the RS1 owners manual, but be otherwise sealed. The System 1 pulls some pretty strong CFM.

Useful info. Thanks. What type/model of fan?

If you've looked at the RS1 owners manual, it calls for around six inches all around, but open in the front. I think if you give it that, you're good to go.

I've built 2 soffits now with projectors. I use a commercial duct fan ( 4", 165 cfm ) and mount it in the attic. I run flex duct into the soffit and use a Y to slow the air velocity down to make it quieter by running 2 ducts at the end. You'll need a motor speed control switch too.

I don't know what type of fan, my hvac tech put it in, but now I don't need it and I don't feel that I need to completely box it in because I can't hear the projector at all and my rear seats are practically right under the soffit

I had a SanyoPLV60 installed in a soffit with optical glass enclosing the soffit in front of the lens. I has an exhaust fan regulated by a thermostat. It worked quite well, but the noise of the exhaust was worse than the fan noise of the projector. When I installed the RS1 in the same spot, it shut down from the heat even with the exhaust running. I then opened up the front of the soffit to the width of the projector and shut down the exhaust fan. It is quiet as a church mouse and has not shut down since

Do any of you have any pictures of how you installed the fan in your soffit or diagram? I am just in the process of building mine into the soffit and would like some ideas. Thanks

On and RS1 you mainly need the rear clearance for the cables, not airflow...
All the connections are on back.