9 Dec
2009
9 Dec
'09
7:40 a.m.
At 1:58 AM -0500 12/9/09, Ethan Dicks wrote:
If it gets really cold (+0F, say), I'd bring the
disks in the house
and leave the CPUs powered off until the garage temps are back around
+32F. ICs can be stored down to -40 typically, but not operated at
those temps (and especially not put through a power-on cycle at those
temps).
So that's my experience and observations of cold and computers. Take
away from it what you will.
Thanks for the info Ethan. I ran with a modern electric heater (we
bought it less than a year ago) pointed at the rack on the lowest
setting. As a result the temp was 45F over the night. This is
compared to 30F over by the door.
We got down to 11F last night, for us that's *COLD*, in fact I'm
fairly sure it broke a record for the day, and is about the coldest
I've ever seen around here (I've lived here my whole life except 10
years in the Navy).
Zane
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