rappet wrote:... The 'glass' parts is the biggest puzzle, but I might get my hands on some aluminium window products with isolated glass that are dissaproved for architectural project.
Be sure to compare thermal transmission quality of whatever glass or plastic that you use. Get the one with the highest blockage.
rappet wrote:I am holding back on going on water, because I really enjoyed the flexibility of swapping GPU easily in the past two years... But probably I'll go on water some day, but not 'today'.
Having to move water-cooled components can be really painful unless you use, as I did, lots of quick-disconnects; then the pain's lesser, but still still there.
rappet wrote:II rather build my own custom made big fridge... Haha
I'll let you guys know if I can get Mr. Freeze(r) to do my bidding as I had originally planned now that I've fully digested Glimpse's directive to slow down the coolant flow rate.
rappet wrote:... so it must not be something I need to have maintainance on and climbing ladders to adjust a thing.
Think "lever" with extension to comfortable reach or electronic control.
rappet wrote:... I will try to find out if there are systems with selection of two outlets; one will go outside through the wall in summer, the other outlet I could lead to i.e. a hallway to warm the building in winter. Should be possibe with splitting outlet tube by simple hardware manual switch.
Always keep in mind that things don't have to be all or nothing or otherwise mutually exclusive. The diversion doesn't have to be all one route or the other, particularly since it's output heat. You might want the flexibility to optimally, simultaneously spilt the output heat between exiting the structure and warming the cool space for maximal comfort.
rappet wrote:I can imagine you, Tutor, water the plants, smiling not to throw away the water
My parents taught me, "Waste not, Want not."
rappet wrote:...And they throw in cold air, but also exhaust heat at the same place, right?
My AC units take room air in from the AC's front lower panels and passes it over an inner cooling rad unit and then passes the heat out the back thru a tube near the top of the AC and then outside; it passes the condensation thru a hose at the bottom of the AC. I put an extender pipe on the condensation hose and a splitter at the end to water my plants. This is where you might get creative and "want not."
rappet wrote:Could I the install an airco on the outer wall near to ceiling, and that is it.
I'm assuming that this option involves your having the Cool Box. But I'm not sure whether the outer wall to which you refer is the Cool Box's outer wall or the surrounding room's outer wall, or whether the
CoolBox's outer wall is the same as the containing room's outer wall. The optimal place to put most room AC's is in the warmest area in the room. This usually equates to the highest point possible. But, see next response.
rappet wrote:Or should I direct cold air from the airco to below/front of PC's with tubes?
Yes, because it's more effective to cool the system components directly; just make sure your case and inner fans and the component(s)'s air intake end are coordinated properly for optimal air flow. Assuming that your system's taking in cooler air from the front and exhausting warmer air out of the rear, if you could build a heat capture unit(s) to receive that warmer air from the back of your computer and direct the air up and out of the back of the Cool Room and ultimately outdoors (or somewhere else to do something useful), then you could reduce the amount of work that the AC has to perform. Now you have the air conditioner placed for optimal intake of warmer room air (high up) and if you can port that cooled air directly to where it's most effective (down and to the front of the computers) and direct out of the Cool Box the heat generated by the computers, you've got a win-win-win situation. Combining your great ideas can be most fruitful.
rappet wrote:Or should I have an airco on below/front and have an exhaust fan on the wall near to ceiling at the back of the computers.
Here's where our geographical difference might lead me to excess. Where I live in the Southeastern U.S., we can have HOT summers -mid 90's to low 100's. I'm assuming that this option involves your having the Cool Box. For the computers to operate here in the coolest environment, I'd have too keep both the well-insulated Cool Box cool and the surrounding room air cool; so I'd need a second unit to put in the Cool Box, unless the room was otherwise air-conditioned. If the room is otherwise air-conditioned and you built a device to take as much of the hot air emitted from your systems out of the Cool Room as suggested above, then I'd still rather have the air-conditioner located where the air is the warmest in the cool room, but have the cooler air the AC outputs diverted directed to the front of my systems in the Cool Room.
Because I have 180+ GPU processers in 16 tweaked/multiOS systems - Character limit prevents detailed stats.
