Home Network Closet Cooling Experiment

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In this video we experiment with a couple different ways to cool down the server closet and keep things from overheating. This video has been a long time coming and it's finally done for now. Maybe one day, just maybe, add a mini split or rack mounted AC unti.
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AC-AFT7-WE
AIRFRAME T7 White, AV Equipment Closet and Room Fan System 17", Exhaust
$119.00
4.8 star rating
6 Reviews
A high-airflow fan system designed for cooling AV equipment rooms, closets, and larger enclosures.
Programmable thermostat controller with automated speed control, alarm warnings, and backup memory.
Premium anodized aluminum construction with CNC-machined detailing for a professional appearance.
Features a detachable nylon-mesh filter which will prevent dust from entering the room and into equipment.
Color: White | Design: Exhaust | Dims.: 16.5 x 6.5 x 2.3 in. | Airflow: 200 CFM | Noise: 26 Dba | Bearings: Dual Ball
A high-airflow fan system designed for cooling AV equipment rooms, closets, and larger enclosures.
Programmable thermostat controller with automated speed control, alarm warnings, and backup memory.
Premium anodized aluminum construction with CNC-machined detailing for a professional appearance.
Features a detachable nylon-mesh filter which will prevent dust from entering the room and into equipment.
Color: White | Design: Exhaust | Dims.: 16.5 x 6.5 x 2.3 in. | Airflow: 200 CFM | Noise: 26 Dba | Bearings: Dual Ball
Product Description
The AIRFRAME series is designed to intelligently cool AV closets, rooms, and large enclosures. Featuring thermal control and high airflow fans, the system efficiently cools rooms holding various audio video components and equipment. Each unit includes a nylon-mesh filter which can prevent dust particles from entering the room and getting into your equipment. This filter can be easily detached for cleaning. Each fan is engineered to maximize airflow while keeping noise levels to a minimum. Features long life dual ball bearings that are rated at 67,000 hours and allows this fan system to be mounted horizontally or vertically. The frame is constructed with premium aluminum alloy, machined, and painted white for a professional and detailed appearance. Includes all necessary hardware to easily mount the unit onto a door or wall, and power it through an outlet.
Intelligent Cooling
Programming includes an easy-to-use thermostat and a SMART mode that automatically adjusts the fan’s speed to react to varying temperatures. Additional features include alarm alerts, fan failure triggers, power savings setting, display lock, and backup memory. Six fan speeds are available with three screen brightness settings.
Applications
This high airflow fan system can be mounted on the door or walls of equipment closets, rooms, and larger-sized enclosures. An airflow rating of 200 CFM will provide proper cooling to small AV closets holding server, network, IT and equipment racks.
Product Identification
Manufacturer AC Infinity Inc.
Product Name AIRFRAME T7 White, Exhaust
Product Model AC-AFT7-WE
UPC Code 819137020160
Product and Mounting Dimensions - Fan Unit
Total Dimensions 16.5 x 6.49 x 2.28 in. (41.9 x 16.5 x 5.8 cm)
Backside Enclosure Dimensions 15.39 x 5.55 in. (39.1 x 14.1 cm)
Required Mounting Hole 15.51 x 5.59 in. (39.4 x 14.2 cm)
Hole to Hole Distance 15.90 x 5.83 in. (40.4 x 14.8 cm)
Screw Hole Size Ø 0.197 in (Ø 0.5 cm)
Cord Length 72 in (6 feet)
Mounting Template
Installation Manual PDF
Product Performance and Technical Specs
Design White
Design Exhaust
Total Airflow 200 CFM
Total Noise 26 dBA
Static Pressure 5.5 mm-H2O
Operating Voltage 12V DC
Power 20 W
Current 1.6 A
Wall Adapter Input 100 to 240V AC
Operating Humidity 35 to 85% RH
Operating Temperature 0 to 158°F
Fan Bearings Dual Ball
Mounting Positions Horizontal or Vertical
L10 Life Expectancy 67,000 Hours
Fan Quality Approvals CE, RoHS

Пікірлер: 85

@canadianryan3875 Жыл бұрын

I'm ok with you using celsius!

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

Glad one of you is

@SpookyLurker Жыл бұрын

You ain't gonna hear me complain about you hosing Celsius. It was a balmy -6°C not too long ago. Very warm for this time of year.

@Finns-Projects Жыл бұрын

That handywork got bytemybits quality written all over it. 😋

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

That’s where I learned it from!

@rodrigocartens7563 3 ай бұрын

The best video ever!

@XXX-XX-X-X 13 күн бұрын

Try two girls one cup. It’s a classic but you won’t find it in KZfaq.

@zephyrone4383 Жыл бұрын

69 degrees. Nice.

@ShinyTechThings Жыл бұрын

Also if you get a smoke pen I would put a camera inside so you can close teh door to see how the smoke moves with the door closed.

@keystroke13 Жыл бұрын

To exhaust the hot air, have you considered installing a Panasonic WhipserFit ventilation fan? The CFM is high, the noise is low, and they are used in bathrooms.

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

Nope, never heard of it. :/ too late now of course

@jfkastner Жыл бұрын

Well done! At some point I would test the sensors, they could be off by 1 or 2 degrees

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

One day. Maybe I’ll use gasoline too cool a radiator

@chrisdover8014 Жыл бұрын

69 degrees. Perfect temps to run the PNAS at.

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

Exactly bro

@ShinyTechThings Жыл бұрын

You can get a smoke pen to see how the airflow is or a thermal camera to see if things could be improved on the cheap. I don;t know why I just thought of this now instead of when we talked about it last year.

@jfkastner Жыл бұрын

My neighbors always use burnt herbal plant matter to test airflow, indoors & outdoors ... they seem happy with the results

@ShinyTechThings Жыл бұрын

@@jfkastner A smoke pen though typically gives off a really consistent thick smoke but I get that it's cheaper and might work as well with their method as well.

@portblock 6 ай бұрын

This is what he needs to do, because adding that big exhaust cfm would cause most of the air to just come in and go up and over the rack, and measuring temp at from of rack has no point, its just measuring intake air as it flows in front of the head sources than than the exhaust temp of said head sources. its like measuring the temp of the outside of your car thinking that its going to be cool inside but you have the heater on inside

@lucifersloofa Жыл бұрын

The hell! Celcius is king

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

🤭

@PunmasterSTP 5 ай бұрын

This whole video was pretty...cool 😎

@SPXLabs 5 ай бұрын

This guy, so punny!

@PunmasterSTP 5 ай бұрын

@@SPXLabs That's why I'm here! Btw, if you ever want to hear a pun on a particular topic, just leave or reply to a comment and I'll get back to you 😃

@SPXLabs 5 ай бұрын

I'd prefer to be surprised by one. I think it's more fun that way.

@PunmasterSTP 5 ай бұрын

@@SPXLabsI can respect that sentiment. Out of curiosity, was there ever any topic you thought it might be hard or impossible to make a pun out of?

@SPXLabs 5 ай бұрын

@@PunmasterSTP No, I've never thought about that kind of stuff long and hard. I'm also not witty like that. But I'll attempt to humor you. Any good Linux puns?

@SnoDawg Жыл бұрын

LOL this guy.

@THE_NE0 Ай бұрын

Celsius is the way to go

@AshleyGittins Жыл бұрын

Looks like a decent solution. I reckon if you need more the next step should be to just increase the size of the intake vent. Rather than trying to push more air in, just make it easier for the existing fans to draw air through - they're probably limited by the total area of the gap under the door plus the intake vent.

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

I think, if I continue adding too much more, I will either move things to the garage or install a rackmount ac unit

@AshleyGittins Жыл бұрын

@@SPXLabs Yep, fair call! (hehe you could move the laundry into the garage instead and take over another rooom....) 😆

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

That’s…. Actually a really good idea 😈 I wonder what the wife would aay

@koreybray Жыл бұрын

Just wondering if you ever looked at a bathroom type exhaust fan that was high CFM that could pull hot air out of the house vs just moving into another room? The cost could be very comp to buying multi units of the fan you are buying, but not just move the hot air to another space within the house, in turn making your AC unit work harder. You would need a vent in the door still to pull cool air in from the house, but it would push the HOT air at the top outside. You may have already looked at this.

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

Yeah, in the previous videos we talked about all sorts of alternatives

@GhostTurtleYT Жыл бұрын

I wonder if adding some AC Infinity 120s to the top of the rack would help reduce the heat trapped inside the racks? Only other thing would be to add a small floor fan at the bottom of the closet and point it upward to mix the hot and cold air.

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

I am playing with the idea of doing that! Not sure if I’ll commit or not. I feel like it would help. I have a feeling in the summer I’ll end up doing that

@portblock 6 ай бұрын

This is the single biggest issue in that setup is that he is not pushing cool air through the servers, but around it

@camixxx Жыл бұрын

Could you not add a hot air return and AC vent from your current central AC system?

@coryhyatt2035 Жыл бұрын

Thats the setup I have and it works perfectly.

@brianj4335 Жыл бұрын

This is the way...

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

That’s what I wanted to do originally. Long story short is no. Previous videos will say why.

@theshadow6273 2 ай бұрын

I like Celsius! As for your cut job on the door.. a jigsaw may have worked better?

@SPXLabs 2 ай бұрын

Works great for electronics

@vollhorst140 Жыл бұрын

Holy shit, you can walk straight under the door into the rooms with these massive gabs between door and floor.

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

That’s what happens when you short 😭

@vollhorst140 Жыл бұрын

@@SPXLabs 😂

@devans83 Жыл бұрын

Are there any forums or such for modding rackmount cases? Finding a 3U ATX hot-swap with ATX psu is hard to come by with limited options. I've spent several hours searching Reddit, Google without luck. Discords?

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

Yeah idk man. If Google isn't helping you find stuff the only option is to post on Reddit and hope that someone see's your post. Sorry :/

@ShinyTechThings Жыл бұрын

What about using ipmitool to poll CPU temps?

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

The servers have always been pretty chill in the past like 50~55C or there abouts. It’s the network stuff that gets super hot. Like 75C or more. The new switch doesn’t show the temperature

@ShinyTechThings Жыл бұрын

@@SPXLabs Time for a Noctua upgrade and voiding warranties OR ghetto bolt on fans externally over the vents to force more airflow inside the switch?

@awsomepossum558 Жыл бұрын

@@ShinyTechThings @SPXLabs do it!!!!!!!

@JasonsLabVideos Жыл бұрын

I personally would have just cut 1-2" off the bottom of the door, cold air in under the door..

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

Like originally, instead of cutting a hole for vents?

@JasonsLabVideos Жыл бұрын

@@SPXLabs Yep.

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah. Maybe. Idk. This is fine

@JasonsLabVideos Жыл бұрын

@@SPXLabs I like your idea, its good. IMO at my house i was going to run a bathroom fan in the closet, pull air out of the closet and have it plummed into the bathroom vent in the other room beside me.

@jrcasanova4040 Жыл бұрын

I am know cisco equipment and you don’t get alarms until temperature reaches 105 degrees so 80 degrees doesn’t seem too bad

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

Yes but this was while it was winter. Imagine the summers!

@mr_DIY 4 ай бұрын

add income air and exhaust to the outside :D

@SPXLabs 4 ай бұрын

One day I will either add AC or water cool with the radiators being outside

@johne6610 Жыл бұрын

Can you tell us about the noise level of the fan?

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

Yes. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o9ZkjLh_p7q5qXk.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l8qonpl1tZvRlGw.html www.spxlabs.com/blog/2021/1/10/cooling-my-home-server-closet-with-the-ac-infinity-airframe-t7-1

@awsomepossum558 Жыл бұрын

What if you used a disassembled leaf blower on low?

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

Electric or gas?

@TechySpeaking Жыл бұрын

First

@Lesedi26 Жыл бұрын

I don't like it when you use °F 😢. I also couldn't spell it and I'm not bothered😅

@portblock 6 ай бұрын

There are a lot of issues here that are causing bad airflow. without making this a comment about this and that is wrong, lets start by understanding current issues and what airflow is needed: Reality - seams that you are trying to cool a room that houses heat generators rather than cool the generators (rack equipment) Simple first issues I see 1: your rack gear is too far back 2: having a lot of exhaust power and a clear route from your door the up and out the exhaust will bypass your rack gear. What is needed 1: Your rack gear pulls air in from the front and sends it out the back, so direct air through your rack gear 2: find a way to exhaust from back of rack - in your case, put a block mid rack and up 3: measure the temp at the back of the rack not the front, you already know the air in front is the same as what comes in In my home rack, the exhaust of all my rack gear feels mildly warm and some gear just cool. At my office the server closet has all a/c coming in from front down low, and all exhaust from back of rack line and no airflow is allow to go over the racks.

@SPXLabs 6 ай бұрын

Wow! Thank you for the detailed post and suggestions and your experience. For almost a year now I have kept my servers angled towards the bottom vent so they help pull air into the room and that does help. If things become problematic in the future I’ll come back to this post and use it for future designs. Thank you

@portblock 6 ай бұрын

@@SPXLabs honesly, the first think I would try, measure temp at back of server rack, then place a big piece of cardboard from top of rack all the way up seperating room into two halfs, not air tight or anything, just a good mockup, dont worry about big leaks, just try to divert most of the air through rack instead of up and over

@paulbram2 10 ай бұрын

wouldn't it work better if it were PULLING the air into the other room instead of trying to push it into your walls/attic?

@SPXLabs 10 ай бұрын

I am doing that. Except instead of into the wall or attic, the air is being moved into an adjacent room.

@paulbram2 10 ай бұрын

why black? Aren't all your other vents white?

@SPXLabs 10 ай бұрын

The white doesn't look as good to me or the wife. Yes they are white.

@TheMchip Жыл бұрын

why not use a jigsaw?

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

Don’t have one and too cheap to buy one

@MonerBilly Жыл бұрын

"Five point two thousand" immediate dislike

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

Okay boomer. 🤷‍♂️

@konstantinos4395 Жыл бұрын

The awkward moment you understand "mini-split" is an air-condition unit and it starts from 300 dollars with a 50 dollar installation 😅😅😅

@SPXLabs Жыл бұрын

Man I wish it was a $50 installation.

@pproba 6 ай бұрын

Really confused. Why do you think 80°F is a problem that needs a solution? My server closet goes up to 97°F in the summer and my internal system temperatures are still acceptable. Hard drives are a little warm at 107-113°F max, but that's about it. The operating temperature ranges of IT equipment often go up to 40°C (104°F).

@SPXLabs 6 ай бұрын

Temperatures around 90 make me uncomfortable. Just worried about early death of hardware due to prolonged excessive heat. I know 80 is fine but upper 90s just makes me nervous.