booch Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Built my house with a closet in mind, but it lacked circulation and the components were running hot, especially with a dense rack. Threw this together with online parts (the main ones being a Cloudline T6 and a Tripp Lite exhaust duct) -- works great and is good for a ~20dg temp. drop (not shown, FYI) while reducing net noise due to fan speed. Sharing for inspiration/if helpful. c4toys, South Africa C4 user, sitdownman and 5 others 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob21 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 @booch Looks great. What enclosure/rack did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topspin14m Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Following! Did you vent it to somewhere or just within the closet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booch Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 On 2/1/2021 at 4:46 PM, Rob21 said: @booch Looks great. What enclosure/rack did you use? It's a Strong FS 42U. It already had exit fans at the top, so I just built on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booch Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 7 hours ago, Topspin14m said: Following! Did you vent it to somewhere or just within the closet? I vented it through the wall behind the rack then to the crawl space under my house (we don't have basements here in TN, ha). In my case, the crawl is conditioned, but they key aspect was creating a return for my HVAC, as under the door was enough on the supply/feed end. From what I'd read, this is typically the case with closets. It sustains low-80s now, which for how packed my rack is (moreso than the pic), is pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 In our data center all the racks get cold air through the floor hot air then rises and their plumed into the ceiling where the air gets recirculated. It'sa design that isn't unstandard in the work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennettBGK Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Awesome setup! I did something very similar with mine. I'm going to snap a pic to share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booch Posted June 29, 2023 Author Share Posted June 29, 2023 On 6/22/2023 at 2:50 PM, BennettBGK said: Awesome setup! I did something very similar with mine. I'm going to snap a pic to share. Thanks! I'm actually just finishing up a complete rebuild of my rack with a 47U unit, and IMO the cooling (and everything else) is even better. (Very proud of it, ha.) Will have to post when I'm done... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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