Doug, This may have changed, as I do not have the new CORE standard. However, according to TR-NWT-000063, pg 4-5, Table 4.2-2, all rights to the gods at BellCore:
Individual Frame Open-Faced (natural convection) 120W/sq. ft. Cabinetized (natural convection) 135W/sq. ft. Cabinetized (forced air) 180W/sq. ft. System Entire System 80W/sq. ft. Any 20' X 20' section within a larger system 100W/sq. ft. Systems totally comprised of forced-air cooled equipment may increase these levels to 100W/sq. ft. and 120W/sq. ft, respectively. Hope it helps, Dave Doug McKean wrote: > > What is the Bellcore requirement for something > like watts per square foot in a CO? It's based > on looking down on a rack from above so that > you get "watts per square foot". > > My memory lags on this, and I believe its > TR-499. But, I remember going through > some numerical contortions to figure > it out for a standard 17' rack. Somehow > 650 watts per square foot for a standard > 17' rack keeps popping into my mind.
