Quote from: 2112 on May 24, 2014, 01:04:18 AM

Quote from: ShadesOfMarble on May 24, 2014, 12:00:47 AM

Quote from: 2112 on May 23, 2014, 11:34:55 PM

which for SP10 means getting rid of the cases

Simply removing the case will destroy the airflow completely.

This type of argument is why plastic bags in the USA had the following warning: To avoid danger of suffocation, keep this plastic bag away from babies and children. The plastic bag could block nose and mouth and prevent breathing. This bag is not a toy.

Just take away the external metal casing. Flip the machine on its side. Borrow a good centrifugal "air mover" from a neighborhood water damage repair contractor and some baffling that they use to direct the air. Also borrow a contact-less thermometer to understand the why the SP10 casing is badly designed for cooling and creates unnecessary temperature gradients. I don't know if Spondoolies' firmware has a "seized fan" shutdown programmed in, so you'll have to experiment with which fans can be removed.

The alternative is just to dress in your best cold weather clothes and photograph yourself near your Spondoolies' machines. You'll have a nice memento.

I haven't used Spondoolies' hardware personally, but I do have relevant experience of restarting bankrupt batch data processing facilities filled out with racks of 1U and 2U hardware from Dell and Sun. It had the same symptoms: the bottom was getting hot and the intake air had to be really cool. Neither Dell nor Sun field service technicians were giving us any trouble after seeing our temporary facility w.r.t. warranties and service contracts. We've actually lowered the rate of faults due to seized fans and accumulation of dust and debris. Only hard drive failures had increased.

Quote from: Biffa on May 24, 2014, 12:10:06 AM

Not to mention its a waste of time, effort, money and a potential warranty liability.

No just stick to getting a big warehouse as cool as possible and getting the hot air out of the building as fast as you can.

I have to partially agree with the above. It does take some effort from skilled technicians. I'm not really familiar with the money saved in my case, it reduced the cost somewhere between 2 and 4 times.

Same about the warehouse, but I wouldn't call it "big" but "tall" and "thick walled". You may be able to operate mostly with natural convection and thermal inertia from the daily temperature oscillations.

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