Intel's secret weapon: Fresh air

"humidity climate does not matter for 99.9% of locations"?: How about the Midwest (or Houston) where night temps are in 60-70s and day temps are in 90-100s, with 80-99% relative humidity most of the summer? The condensation in the morning (warming outside air, cooler blade casing (probably not the blades themselves)) could possibly cause shorts. I understand that Mr. Atwood says the OEM says it is within specs to run in blah-blah % humidity, but always with the caveat of non-condensing.

They tested this in the desert. What is average humidity there? Were there any problems with condensation?

Other problems are that as dust builds up, it becomes an insulator, it is especially bad for fan bearings, and dust build up on fan blades lowers their efficiency. With blade centers, you also have very confined paths for airflow, with even a small amount of blockage could take out not only that blade, but the ones next to it too. Were the air filters "standard" filters, or HEPA (costly)?

Trust me, I would love to pipe in frest air for cooling. But, I am not sure this test was run long enough (to EQ EOL, 3-5 yrs?) to get a true set of data.; Posted by: EMonkIA Posted on: 09/23/08 (Edited: 09/23/2008 @ 09:23) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

Reply to Story Reply to Message

Subscribe to this discussion via Email or RSS

Thermal is better Maarek | 09/19/08

Interesting concept kc117mx | 10/09/08

we've done it for years shawn@... | 10/09/08

What do you think?

Here to help you with your Document Management Needs
Check out Doc’s Blog on ZDNet
Help your company, help the earth I want to share with you the Environmental Defense Fund Paper Calculator, which allows you to gauge your organization's environmental impact.
Which is Greener: Paper or Digital? The Answer May Surprise You Anything we can do to reduce paper consumption is good. But what about the impact of digital waste?
Produced by
ZDNet and