[Shop-talk] portable air conditiners

[Al Fuller]

I second what Peter said about generating less heat that you then have to
get rid of - and would add the following:  If you are currently running two
computers, is it possible to run a single physical machine, with one [or
both] of the current machines running inside that as a virtual machine [VM]?
If so, Oracle VirtualBox is both free and very robust!

 

I now run a single machine in my office, and I has several VMs installed on
it.  All are never running at the same time, but it's not unusual for the
host plus 1-2 more to be up.

 

Al Fuller

 

'65 BJ-8

'85 Rx-7

 

From: Shop-talk [mailto:shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Peter
J. Thomas
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2018 9:56 AM
To: Shop Talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] portable air conditiners

 

On 8/21/2018 7:44 AM, Tim . wrote:

When this new building I am in was constructed, the idiots didn't do the
HVAC correctly so I get basically no cold air in my office. If I am running
two computers and two monitors and have the door closed it gets close to 80
degrees. For someone who wears shorts in the winter here in southern WI,
working in temps this high is difficult. I don't know if I can physically
wait for these idiots to fix this issue. 


Not the answer you want but...

If there is no way to vent the excess heat, try reducing it.  Have a CRT,
switch to LED LCD monitor.  Have two monitors, get a KVM
(Keyboard/Video/Mouse) switch and eliminate a monitor.  Older PCs. switch to
a newer efficient power supply.  Using harddrives, consider SSDs. etc.  I
faced a similar situation and computer upgrades made a significant
difference.

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