Re: Outhouse / Node 0 ventilation

["frankjones2928" <frankjones2928@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the response Nigel.

> I think you are on the right lines, however if the Node 0 is only
70cms
> deep I suppose you won't have rear access to any rack mounted
equipment
> ?

Yes, it is narrow, but it is dictated by a window on the outhouse. If
we made it deeper we'd have to made it a lot deeper, unless we put the
wall in the middle of the window ;) and that would leave too small an
area for the rest of the room.

> I think this needs careful thought. If you plan not to have rear
access
> to equipment you will need to do a lot of extra work with cable
> management. I'm not saying it can't be done but it will require more
> effort.

as it stands, i have at least a metre spare for all cables going into
the wall (the cables come up in the ground in the toilet and are then
routed through the single brick wall. this should give me some
flexibility as to how i wire.

> Maybe you could plan for racks to pull forward into the room for
working
> on and then push them back and close the door afterwards? This
takes a
> lot of room as well, unless you are a very skinny person, not
typical on
> this list...

i am quite skinny actually, unusal around these parts i know ;)

for the main cat5 and coax cabling, i don't envisage making changes
any time soon. in fact, i won't really be able to as the room which
feeds the cable pipes is having a new solid hardwood floor going down
soon. i have "more than enough" cat 5 going into each room, and a
fair
bit of coax as well.

but obviously that is just the start of things. i then need to think
about all the av equipment, power sockets, i/r etc etc and that's
where access does get tricky.

> You will need to arrange for air changes (ventilation). It is always
> better if you can use this air rather than exhaust it into the fresh
> air, after all its your electricity that is heating it...

can you expand on this part please nigel? this is the area i am most
unsure about.

> What I am saying is cable management / routing is the key. Do you
have
> height that you can use, my Node 0 is 2.8 metres high and I route
all
> the cables from above.

without going out in the dark (there is no power in there at the
moment!), at a guess i'd say it is about 12ft at the apex.

thanks for your help

frank