[163773] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: recommended outdoor enclosures
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Sands)
Mon Jun 17 16:34:08 2013
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:33:19 -0400
From: Jon Sands <fohdeesha@gmail.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <20130617202814.GJ1245@angus.ind.WPI.EDU>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Woah, the last quote I got from them was less than half the price of a
cab. I guess I'm cooling less equipment? What model are you looking at?
On 6/17/2013 4:28 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 04:19:07PM -0400, Jon Sands wrote:
>> This is by far a "cheaper" option, but should work just fine. I'm
>> about to do the same myself.
>>
>> Grab a used cab here - http://www.usedtowers.com/CABINETS/CABINETS.htm
>>
>> Some of those come with the factory huge AC systems built for
>> thousands of watts of equipment inside, but if you're like me and
>> will have 300-400 watts max, grab a non-cooled cabinet for cheap.
>>
>> Then pick up one of these guys and slap it on, buy the capacity you
>> need. You can get them with a heating option as well, they're
>> thermoelectric and very affordable-
>> http://www.eicsolutions.com/thermoelectric-air-conditioners.php
> "very affordable"? I looked at those and they cost more than twice
> the cost of the cabinet itself. But I might end up going with them
> anyway, 1500 BTU would cover the 400 watts I generate inside the
> cabinet, but I'm more concerned about the outdoor environment/solar
> heating effects. How many BTU should I add to account for that?
--
Jon Sands
Fohdeesha Media
http://fohdeesha.com/
