Re: Re: Equipment in loft - dust and heat issues?

[Neil Fuller <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dermot

If you had so much condensation dripping from the roof that you needed a
drip pan, I'd suggest that you need more airflow  in to the loft.Also,
if you had that much moisture in the loft, you would probably have
problems with rot and staining of the platerboard on the ceilings.

I've never, ever seen dripping water (from condensation) in a loft so I
wouldn't worry too much about that one.

I think Andys point about the dust is certainly worth considering,
although with a modern loft, I wouldn't expect so much dust that it
would be a problem, especially if you put in place a maintenance regime
to blow out the dust every 6 months or so.

HTH

Regards

Neil



dermot_bradley wrote:

>--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Andy Whitfield"
><andywhitfield2002@y...> wrote:
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>>I run a business selling UPSs and occasionally I get asked about
>>installing a UPS in the loft, garage or out building.  So I have
had
>>to think about the consequences of heat, cold and/or
>>condensation/dampness on the UPS (and, of course, other equipment
>>such as servers, etc).
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>Hi Andy. A UPS is one of the things I'll be placing along with the
>other equipment wherever it goes. Do you do UKHA discount?s :-)
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>Much of what you've said about heat and dust were issues I was
>concerned about as well.
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>>Condensation/dampness:  I had a stack of UPSs in a self storage
room
>>and the overnight outside temp fell to about 0C.  Next morning the
>>UPSs were literally running in water!  The storage room was next to
>>an external wall which no doubt made things worse.  Condensation
can
>>form on metal cased equipment or can form on the inside of the roof
>>and drip down on to the equipment.  Fans running continuously
should
>>help against condensation/dampness and obviously, some sort of
cover
>>will stop condensation dripping down from above.
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>I hadn't thought about this...........hmm, so with a 19" cabinet
setup
>I'd need to make up some sort of drip-pan at the top of the
>cabinet......which would then mean having to frequently check and
>empty the pan :-(
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>>I would think the position of the equipment within the loft would
>>also have an effect on it's temperature.  The warmest part of the
>>loft on winter's night is probably above the bedroom.  But as you
>>say the may be a noise problem.  Maybe situate it near the loft
trap
>>door?  If the loft door isn't lagged then that's probably a 'warm
>>spot'.
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>As the price of standalone 19" racks is so high I was thinking of
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>wall-mounted cabinet - in which case I'd bolt it to the internal wall
>between me and my neighbours. Although I guess I could make up some
>sort of plinth to sit the cabinet on.
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>My loft has the usual foam lagging between it and the floor below,
>however the inside of the roof is lined with silver-foil covered
>boards os some sort so I can't see the usual felt that goes underneath
>the tiles. I'm not sure if these foil-covered boards are meant to keep
>heat or not...
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