[geeks] Rack Mount = 50db +

Leo Green leo at nurgle.net
Wed Jul 24 17:23:48 CDT 2002


On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Joshua D Boyd wrote:

%>
%>What is the OSHA standard for prolonged (8 hours a day, 5 days week,
%>etc) exposure?  Hmm.  It appears to be 90db.  Yuck.  I thought
%>prolonged exposure to 85 was supposed to cause damage.
%>

Admittedly, I was exaggerating.  According to an ex-gf, whose a speech
pathologist, she claims that 70-80dB, 8 hrs a day will damage your
hearing.  80dB is below the sound produced by most lawnmowers for
refrence.


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