RE: Cooling an understairs cupboard...Node 0!

["Paul Gale" <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've run one of those (or similar) for a couple of years in my double
wardrobe Node0. It certainly did help even when I had 4 PC's in there!
These fans aren't designed to run for long periods though and I found that
the first one only lasted a year with about 14hrs a day operation.

Also a bit noisy. If you can afford a fair bit more and have the space, you
might want to consider a acoustically baffled fan but these can be very
expensive and come in a large metal enclosure and go for one that's 24/7
rated.

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of noel_pilot
> Sent: 14 July 2007 09:35
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Cooling an understairs cupboard...Node 0!
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> Hi all,
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> I've achieved my goal of having all my boxes (not many so far, amp,
> xbox, pc, backup NAS, IR control) hidden away in my understairs
> cupboard.
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> Cables routed nicely through the wall using brush bristle face plates,
> only problem is the temperature/lack of ventilation in there, two
> thirds of the way through a film the other night the pc went into a
> loop restarting, that was the point I realised having the door shut is
> a VERY bad idea!
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> So.....key item is the pc, it's a bog standard Mesh case from about 5
> years ago with an AMD XP 2Ghz processor in, good few years old now,
> four sata hard drives and one ide drive in there.  Standard fans all
> round.
>
> So....whats the best route to go, was intrigued by the look of this
> http://tinyurl.com/35t3oq  possibly
put that into the wall, outlet
> would then be to the left of the sofa, only concern is the 41dba which
> is I think louder than my projector so gonna be pretty loud, assuming
> I need an in and an out so was thinking of some kind of louvred grille
> in the door to the cupboard and then an extractor fan out of the side,
>  want all ins and outs to be near floor level for aesthetic reasons.
>
> Ideal solution is I'd move to a proper NAS for all storage to remove
> the issue but thats not an option on cost grounds for the moment.
>
> So....any other advice, would a fan like this do the job? or is it
> silly to think I can leave the door shut at any point in the future?
>
> Thanks
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> noel
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