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Re: (ASCEND) MAX 4000 + 56K modem cards = fire
On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Dale Botkin wrote:
> > > No, it's perfectly dry. Humidity is around 35-50% depending on the day,
> >
> > Well that IS good.
>
> What would you expect? It's a warehouse area, not an alley.
Here, warehouses get VERY damp.
> Well, for starters, there are no *windows* in the warehouse in which to
> mount a window unit, no are there any other means of exhausting the hot
> air from the "other" side of the AC unit. Wouldn't do much good to blast
> it back into the room, now, would it? We're not about to knock out
> concrete block for a temporary air conditioner. We have the exhaust vents
> that are there propped open and keep the outside doors open during cooler
> weather; during the worst part of the afternoon, it gets pretty warm in
> there, but otherwise it's not like we're in the middle of the Sahara.
You said the temp approached 100F in your initial posting. This is too hot
to run electronic equipment. You are shortening its life.
> we're doing. Construction, remember? New computer room. But I don't
> think my customers want to go without their email and dirty pictures until
> the drywall is done and the floor is in.
Did you look into temporary colocation?
I just dont think given the HISTORY of the max heat problems that I would
risk stressing one that much.
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Advanced Medical Systems, Inc. jake@uh.edu
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