suggestion [Idea Pitch / Request] Personal Rig Update 2015- Part 5

[ryanmmax]

I can find anywhere to put down video Ideas/suggestions/requests so hopefully in "General Discussions" will be OK... So here is the Idea for his Next Personal Rig update video!

 

Personal Rig Idea!

1. Show the final installation in the desired closet rack mount, with all the wall pass through and such to make it work
   1. This needs to be done to wrap up the basic Personal rig update series
2. Do the LTT thing and go over the TOP!! and install a 8,000 BTU Air Conditioner in the wall to drop the ambient temp of the closet!
   1. 8,000 BTU is ~2350 Watts of cooling more then enough to cool his computer, his wife computer, and his NAS!
   2. By making ambient temperature in the Closet colder he wont have to worry about condensation 
   3. Ambient temps of like 35F would be awesome.

 

Also this could work as a Follow up to "PC Build in a Fridge - Does it Work??",  With temps in the closet of 35F he could then effectively have his computer in a refrigerator 

 

AND if that is not enough, he now has a Walk in Refrigerator in his home!!

[thekeemo]

You hear of this thing called a electric bill? That is close to $1500/year

[DennisBerry]

And how about your internal electrical connection? is it even capable of drawing so much power/current out of 1 electrical group installation?

[ryanmmax]

59 minutes ago, thekeemo said:

You hear of this thing called a electric bill? That is close to $1500/year

Given: 12cents/kWh, 700 Watts, 8 hours/day... your looking at $250/year 

52 minutes ago, DennisBerry said:

And how about your internal electrical connection? is it even capable of drawing so much power/current out of 1 electrical group installation?

Being 2,000 Watts of cooling does not mean it draws 2,000 Watts of power.  It is a heat exchange, in this case while its running it draws ~700W which is half that of a hair dryer, and about the same as an enthusiast PC.  In addition a thermostat would mean it would only run when necessary not continuous. 

Most Home circuits are 20 Amp which is ~2400 Watts...  700W Linus PC + 300W NAS + 700 Wife PC + 700 AC Unit = 2400 W ...   So yes even under full load a single circuit could handle the described loading even if everything was being stress tested!   That being said tying the AC unit into the adjacent room circuit so its not loading the same BKR is Child Play.

Cost???   Sure its not free, $250 for the unit, and then some operating cost equivalent to having another PC in the house.  And the homes AC will have to cool the room that this DUMPS heat into...

This is LTT...  Pink Car, Custom Rack mount PC, Whole Room water cooling.... 

[DennisBerry]

1 minute ago, ryanmmax said:

 

Being 2,000 Watts of cooling does not mean it draws 2,000 Watts of power.  It is a heat exchange, in this case while its running it draws ~700W which is half that of a hair dryer, and about the same as an enthusiast PC.  In addition a thermostat would mean it would only run when necessary not continuous. 

Most Home circuits are 20 Amp which is ~2400 Watts...  700W Linus PC + 300W NAS + 700 Wife PC + 700 AC Unit = 2400 W ...   So yes even under full load a single circuit could handle the described loading even if everything was being stress tested!   That being said tying the AC unit into the adjacent room circuit so its not loading the same BKR is Child Play.

Cost???   Sure its not free, $250 for the unit, and then some operating cost equivalent to having another PC in the house.  And the homes AC will have to cool the room that this DUMPS heat into...

This is LTT...  Pink Car, Custom Rack mount PC, Whole Room water cooling.... 

Fair enough  In the Netherlands we have a 230V and our home circuits are 16 Amps. That is capable of ~3600 Watts.

[ryanmmax]

This could legitimately work... Biggest downside I see is that now Linus needs a Parka to work on his in home server

[LogicalDrm]

I'm pretty sure Personal Rig updates for both Linus and Luke are in the works. They just got much other content to deliver.

[ryanmmax]

Yeah, I know but I would prefer this to "THE BIGGEST MOUSE PAD EVER!!!" but I guess amazing videos take time and producing 1 a day means some videos have to be a little less... amazing?