9 Dec
2009
9 Dec
'09
1:24 p.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
The basement would
routinely get to +40F, and sometimes colder if the wind was from the
right direction (the water pipes had electric wraps). I couldn't
personally stand to work in that environment without a heater pointed
at me, but the computers ran fine.
Yeah, that's what temp we run stuff down to overnight at this time of year (I
don't bother keeping the office any hotter overnight). No problems so far, but
that's with modern hardware; I'm not sure if vintage kit is better or worse
for cold temperatures (I've certainly had vintage hard disks that would only
work when cold, and others that would only work when warm :-)
That's also hardware which just gets left on - like you say, powering
something up that's cold might be more risky. I've always let vintage kit
brought in from cold environments acclimatize for a few hours before turning
it on.
(it's currently 1.9F outside here, -15F with windchill)
cheers
Jules