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RE: Humidity ranges?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (N. Richard Solis)
Mon Aug 4 16:17:23 2003

Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 16:14:59 -0400
From: "N. Richard Solis" <nrsolis@aol.net>
To: "Todd Mitchell - lists" <lists@ciphin.com>
Cc: "'Steve Francis'" <steve@expertcity.com>, nanog@merit.edu
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Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu


 IIRC, too low a humidity level makes static electricity a problem.  Too high makes the cold air condense on your equipment.  60-65% sounds about right.


 
Todd Mitchell - lists wrote:
 
>
> | and when I should
> | complain to the datacenter operators? (References I can point to would
> | be nice.)
>
> When your equipment starts to rust ;)
>
> I don't have any technical references, but I think that anything over
> 65% is probably too much.  Most facilities I have equipment in do not
> exceed that mark.
>
> Todd
>
> --  
>
>
>


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