Now you’re just being ridiculous.
From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 3:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw Horsepower-weeks per fathom. From: Eric Kuhnke<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 4:46 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: We tried that once and lost a spacecraft.... On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 5:27 PM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:45 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 8:10 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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.
