RE: Patch panel accessibility

["Lee" <lee@xxxxxxx>]

>My only rationale for chosing the loft was the fact that it's the
only
>available space I had!!!  Admittedly it's far from perfect - heat,
access
>etc. but it is just inside the hatch - so I can stand on a chair
and
>re-patch.  The ADSL router and WAP are located there too. 
Otto, my server
>currently lives there - but as the warmer weather arrives, I'll have
to
keep
>a close eye on it - MotherBoard Monitor installed already.  I did
take some
>care to insulate the roof directly above node zero to stop the radiant
heat
>from the concrete roof tiles in direct sunlight.

If it's anything like my loft, it'll need more than a bit of insulation
to
stop Otto overheating to exploding point. I spent (a horrific) three days
in
my loft last summer sorting out the insulation, putting a second layer of
it
in and building a storage platform.

The first couple of days it was nice outside but not hot, inside the loft
it
was sweltering. On the last day it was hot outside but it was unbearable
in
the loft. It's a shame I didn't take a thermometer up there! What with
the
way PC HSFs cool, if the ambient air temp. is near/above the CPU temp,
the
CPU
will suffer. It may be an idea to get a pair of extractor fans on a
timer
and use them to pump hot air out of the loft space...

Just my 2?.

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