[geeks] Good humidity for a server room?

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Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:

>On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 11:28:11AM -0400, Atom wrote:
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>>I just installed a netbotz last week and keep on getting too low 
>>humidity alerts. In fact we're at 18% right now.
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>>I noticed a lot of static in the office. Sometimes I take 2 steps and a 
>>lightning bolt comes out of my hand touching the wall. hehe..
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>>Anyways somebody told me 40-49% would be good. Anybody have any 
>>experience with that? Mainly I am concerned because the rest of the 
>>office has that low humidity too.
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>If it is too dry you have static electricity, which would be bad if
>you touched a server for instance.  And this can even build up on
>metal parts as air flows past, such as a fan moving air through a
>server.
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I know I fried 2 VoIP phones and 1 Laptop with static already. Talking 
to boss today to get something to fix that.

>>From a human standpoint, things being too dry can aggravate or cause
>allergies and colds.
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That might explain why I was sick so much last and this year with colds.....

>Cheapest way is probably to get one of those little fountain things
>that pump water over little rocks and keep it filled.
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I might go to hell depot and get a humidifier. They are like $40.

-- Thomas