[rescue] Raised floor - first shots of installation...

[Eric Webb]

On Sunday 26 May 2002 03:21 pm, you wrote:
>
> Not in my book!  Never hide cables under the floor, especially not a
> mess of data cables.  If you're 100% sure it can never get wet under
> there (either water, or something else, such as acid from a battery
> plant), then it's OK to put basic power distribution under a raised
> floor, but watch out for too much clutter accumulating.
>
> The big benefit of raised floor is distribution of cooling air.  It can
> be vented directly up into cabinets through their floors, and it can be
> exhausted through perforated tiles on whichever side of a rack or
> cabinet has equipment air intakes.

Hmm, maybe, but every installation I've ever seen puts their cables 
underneath to make things prim and proper.

Home use may call for different protocols, depending on how much you proof it.

-E.