[ale] Enclosed Desks

[Jeff Hubbs]

On Sat, 2002-06-22 at 12:17, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> Consensus states to take off the door.  No problem.  I prefer to take it
> off then leave it open anyway.
> 
Chris, even at that you might want to be careful about that
hot-air-ingestion issue.  

I think all IT people should have a good thermometer; I use mine pretty
often (thermocouple module + Fluke DVM in my case).  I'd measure the
intake/exhaust air temps with the computer standing on a table in the
middle of a room for reference purposes and then measure again with the
box in the cabinet (load it up with a kernel compile or something - hey,
I know, I'll give you my SETI at Home ID :-) ).  If the exhaust temp is
higher even though room air temp is the same, then you are probably
having a reingestion problem.

- Jeff


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