Horsepower-weeks per fathom.

From: Eric Kuhnke 
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 4:46 PM
To: [email protected] 
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw

That's why you need to convert every weight measurement to the Batman.


The millibatman and kilobatman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_%28unit%29


On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 2:45 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

  We tried that once and lost a spacecraft....


    On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 5:27 PM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> wrote:

      Silly Americans just convert everything to use metric please...  



      On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 2:22 PM, George Skorup <[email protected]> wrote:

        Old AT&T telco racks are 12-24. All of the new 2-post telco racks we 
get are 12-24 threaded as well.


        On 3/30/2016 4:11 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:

          Most relay racks / two post racks from US sources (Hammond, Middle 
Atlantic, Chatsworth) which don't use nuts seem to ship with 10-32 US threaded 
holes. All of the cage nuts that mount in square holes seem to be M6 as they 
all come from China/Taiwan.


          I am not sure the last time I saw something 12-24 threaded. 


          Then there are the weird 23" heavy gauge steel relay racks used by 
some old telecom stuff that come untapped, if you want to mount stuff in it you 
need to bring a tap kit and power drill.



          On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:

            I think even here in the US, square holes and M6 cage nuts and 
screws are pretty much standard.  At least in data centers.  Telco might still 
use 12-24.

            From: Eric Kuhnke 
            Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:45 PM
            To: [email protected] 
            Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw

            I've seen lots of M6 in the stuff from China, and of course 12-24 
and 10-32 from US sources...  But never M5.


            On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 7:41 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:

              Rack screw can be 10-32, 12-24, M5, M6.  And rack rail can be 
threaded, round hole, square hole.  Too many options.

              -----Original Message----- From: Cassidy B. Larson
              Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:24 PM 

              To: [email protected]
              Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw

              I know on Cisco switches you could turn the ears around and the 
holes would line up so you’d get more switch in front of the rails.



                On Mar 29, 2016, at 8:22 PM, Sterling Jacobson 
<[email protected]> wrote:

                That's a good idea.

                If there are not holes, is there a small screw type that is 
short and self-tapping?

                Not sure the best way to mount the ears if the holes for the 
ears don't exist on the switch.

                -----Original Message-----
                From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown
                Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 8:10 PM
                To: [email protected]
                Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw

                Add mounting ears farther back on the switch.

                -----Original Message-----
                From: Sterling Jacobson
                Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 7:57 PM
                To: '[email protected]'
                Subject: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw

                This is really specific; don't ask why I need it :)

                But I need a standard rack threaded screw that looks like a 6 
to 7 inch long motherboard standoff screw.

                So it would stand a 1U switch forward from the 19" rack about 
6-7 inches.

                I tried standard rack standoff modules, but the space is too 
limiting.













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