If theres a prize for the strangest newbie post I hope I at least get a nomination
The short version of this question: Has anyone figured out a way to take the heat generated by computers/servers and move that heat to a colder part of the house or building? Like using your house as a heat-sink
The long version.
Theres a cooperation that I used to work for that handled gigs of print layouts and print run information for clients, and they had a room full of servers that were constantly be cooled year-round via an HVAC system. Even in the winter there is an AC unit running just to cool the server room while simultaneously theres the heating unit to keep the work areas warm during the winter.
Has anyone ever come up with a way of pulling the heat away from the server room and using that to heat other work areas in the winter?
Also, besides using the AC to dry the air coming in, why dont buildings just pull in the frigid air from the outside during the winter months?
Im actually looking for answers to these questions since Im planning on setting up a server-rack in my basement and looking for ways to recycle the heat thats generated capturing it to heat other parts of the basement or the upper floors. Another idea is to use the copper heat pipe with the aluminum fins and install them under our enclosed porch where its always cooler and insert two holes for the intake and outtake
Another inspiration for this project are the winter bills we get, a high electric bill and a high bill for home heating oil. If we could only use one to off-set the other, that would be really nice but would include some really far out engineering thats just beyond my grasp.
What Im really trying to do is find a way to use the house in the middle of winter as a heat sink but the only solution that makes sense this afternoon is just have a heavy-duty fan pull the heat out of the server and circulate it around the cold basement.
As an aside the basement is a constant 50 degrees through-out the year, the only thing that concerns me is the humidity but Ive been tackling that with a dehumidifier.
Ideas, thoughts, criticism?
The short version of this question: Has anyone figured out a way to take the heat generated by computers/servers and move that heat to a colder part of the house or building? Like using your house as a heat-sink
The long version.
Theres a cooperation that I used to work for that handled gigs of print layouts and print run information for clients, and they had a room full of servers that were constantly be cooled year-round via an HVAC system. Even in the winter there is an AC unit running just to cool the server room while simultaneously theres the heating unit to keep the work areas warm during the winter.
Has anyone ever come up with a way of pulling the heat away from the server room and using that to heat other work areas in the winter?
Also, besides using the AC to dry the air coming in, why dont buildings just pull in the frigid air from the outside during the winter months?
Im actually looking for answers to these questions since Im planning on setting up a server-rack in my basement and looking for ways to recycle the heat thats generated capturing it to heat other parts of the basement or the upper floors. Another idea is to use the copper heat pipe with the aluminum fins and install them under our enclosed porch where its always cooler and insert two holes for the intake and outtake
Another inspiration for this project are the winter bills we get, a high electric bill and a high bill for home heating oil. If we could only use one to off-set the other, that would be really nice but would include some really far out engineering thats just beyond my grasp.
What Im really trying to do is find a way to use the house in the middle of winter as a heat sink but the only solution that makes sense this afternoon is just have a heavy-duty fan pull the heat out of the server and circulate it around the cold basement.
As an aside the basement is a constant 50 degrees through-out the year, the only thing that concerns me is the humidity but Ive been tackling that with a dehumidifier.
Ideas, thoughts, criticism?
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