begin quoting Tracy R Reed as of Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 05:00:39AM -0700: [snip] > Does anyone think it would accomplish much to somehow vent the hot air > coming out of my computer to the outdoors instead of into my room? It > just struck me that it must be more efficient to vent the hot air > outdoors and cool the ambient air than to try to cool the hot air from > the computer. I am surprised more datacenters are not trying to do this.
Ducting takes up space, no doubt. > And if it does make sense to do this (I strongly suspect that it does) > has anyone seen kits or cases for this? I think I might go down to the > hardware store tomorrow and buy some of that flexible plastic dryer vent > hose to attach to the computer and then hang out the window. But how to > attach it to the back of the case? Hmm...just had an idea: I could get > one of those metal fittings that go on the inside of the wall that the > dryer hose attaches to, drill four holes in it, and put the bolts that > hold the fan in place through it and then through the case and the fan. Why not build something to take care of the noise as well? They used to make those "sound-proof" boxes for printers and noisy servers... surely something like that would be easier to manage. Get a $15 bathroom exhaust fan and $20 of plywood and hardware, and build a box to put your machine(s) in. Talk to the audio geeks about what to use as sound-proofing, and you could probably both cool down your room *and* make it quieter. -- _ |\_ \| -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
