[rescue] Cooling (was S: 512M (4x128M) U5/10 DIMMs)

[Mark Price]

I've read about using "terra-cooling", and would like to try it.

During the summer, the earth below your house is relatively cool.
With a water pump and lots of copper or copper and plastic piping,
you can plumb a system that exchanges heat from your computer
room down to the earth, maybe 6 feet below the surface.

Or if you have a cool basement or crawlspace, just run a duct
with a fan in it up to your computer room.

Mark

Mike Johnson wrote:

> Bill Bradford [mrbill at mrbill.net] wrote:
> > I've got four 128meg DIMMs out of an Ultra 5/10-class box I'd
> > like to sell.  Need to buy a new window AC unit for the bedroom
> > before summer gets here..
>
> This is a problem I have.  My computer room is on the second floor of my
> house, and I need to keep the door closed to keep the cats from chewing
> through cat5 (thus far, they've avoided the nasty power cables).  So, it
> gets quite warm in that room in the summer.  My problem is that my
> homeowners assoc. will not allow for window unit AC's.  Surely, someone
> else has solved this without going and buying a second 'whole house' AC
> unit.
>
> So, what do y'all do for cooling at home?
>
> Ob. rescue:  Er, I'm cooling a rescued HP9000 712/60, a few Sparc 5's,
> an older Alpha, and various PeeCee's...
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
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