[103297] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: rack power question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Rubenstein)
Tue Mar 25 11:26:31 2008
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:11:39 -0400
In-Reply-To: <47E909FC.7000706@justinshore.com>
From: "Alex Rubenstein" <alex@corp.nac.net>
To: "Justin Shore" <justin@justinshore.com>, "Dorn Hetzel" <dhetzel@gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog list" <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Well, seeing as that most pad mounted transformers use mineral oil as a
heat transfer agent (in applications up to and exceeding 230kv), I don't
suspect it is of issue.
However, we've all seen nice transformer fires.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf
Of
> Justin Shore
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:20 AM
> To: Dorn Hetzel
> Cc: nanog list
> Subject: Re: rack power question
>=20
>=20
> Dorn Hetzel wrote:
> > Of course, my chemistry is a little rusty, so I'm not sure about the
> > prospects for a non-toxic, non-flammable, non-conductive substance
> with
> > workable fluid flow and heat transfer properties :)
>=20
> Mineral oil? I'm not sure about the non-flammable part though. Not
all
> oils burn but I'm not sure if mineral oil is one of them. It is used
> for immersion cooling though.
>=20
> Justin
