How NOT to cool your server room
April 9, 2009
This is a great anonymous set of pictures from someone who was working in an old machine room and was amused and horrified by what they found:
Yes, that is a box fan zip tied to a cable ladder, hanging under a cooling duct.
Fail.
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April 9th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
That seems pretty Pro to me :P
April 9th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
That's what I was going to say. The tie wraps are pretty neatly done!
I've seen worse. (a fan w/o the tie wraps).
April 10th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Best I've seen so far, was a box fan resting over a drop ceiling opening where they removed the tile. The fan was of course blowing up to take the heat out of the room, but needless to say the vibration of the fan against the drop ceiling support was irritating.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:38 am
You and I have def. seen that kind of work before Matt ;)
April 10th, 2009 at 10:49 am
We've done some hacky things here when the AC goes out, but wow...
My inner redneck only has one question though, "Where's the duct tape?"
April 14th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Why is this bad? My fans are strung up with Cat5 cable....whatever works.