Thermal Load Calcs (summary)

Greg Skafte skafte at worldgate.com
Sun Jun 6 00:02:20 UTC 1999


For peoples future reference  for devices where you can't find Heat Dissapation
/Thermal Load etc.  I've finally found a couple of numbers that you can use

 	1 Watt = 3.5->3.7  B.T.U/Hour 

the refernces varied.  Size of Room is irrelavent for the thermal load, it is
only relevent when sizing the fan in the chiller.  As an additional note 
most chillers are sold in tons ie 1ton,2 ton,65 ton.  A ton is defined as
12,000 B.T.U/Hour of cooling capacity.  

Most sites have Thermal loads only for the "big" gear not the little stuff so
thanks to the people who forwarded the URLS that lead me in the right direction.


Quoting Greg Skafte (skafte at worldgate.com)
On Subject: Thermal Load Calcs
Date: Fri, Jun 04, 1999 at 04:07:12PM -0600

> 
> We are getting ready to move our equipment from a place that had its own
> air conditioning to a new NOC. Is there anyone who has any references to
> sites with such info.  Conversely can someone tell me the thermal loads 
> of 
> 	cisco 2500
> 	cisco 2600
> 	cisco 4700
> 	cat   1900
> 	cat   2900
> 	cat   5000
> 	apc  smartups 1400
> 	250w atx pc's
> 	sun ultra 450 w/ 2 ps
> 
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thing in the world; it's preventing one that's complex.       (Janet Morris)




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