[vcf-midatlantic] Orientation of vented cover for airflow

[Richard Cini]

Great Jonathan. Thanks!

On Fri, Jun 8, 2018 at 4:43 PM systems_glitch via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> Rich,
>
> Drawing air in, pushing it across the power supply, into the card cage, and
> out the far edge of the card cage.
>
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
>
> On Fri, Jun 8, 2018 at 3:09 PM, William Sudbrink via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
>
> > Ok.  I found at least some of it.  Several of the 1977 issues of
> _Kilobaud_
> > contained a running discussion of optimizing airflow in an S-100 chassis,
> > including the IMSAI.  Looking at the October issue now:
> >
> > https://archive.org/stream/kilobaudmagazine-1977-10/
> > Kilobaud_1977_October_dj
> > vu.txt
> >
> > Bill S.
> >
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> > From: vcf-midatlantic
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> > Behalf Of Richard Cini via vcf-midatlantic
> > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2018 2:23 PM
> > To: vcf-midatlantic
> > Cc: Richard Cini
> > Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Orientation of vented cover for airflow
> >
> > All -
> >
> > I have a question regarding S100 cabinet airflow. Here's the setup.
> >
> > I just bought a TEi enclosure (12-slot, impeccably clean) on eBay. The
> > power
> > supply is to the right of the card cage, the fan blows inward and it was
> > delivered with the cover installed such that the air vents are on the
> right
> > (power supply) side.
> >
> > To me, this seems counterintuitive. I would think that the vents should
> be
> > on the left with the fan blowing out so as to draw air through the card
> > cage, over the power supply and then out the back.
> >
> > On my IMSAI (both sides of the cover are vented) and the fan blows out,
> but
> > the vents next to the power supply are sealed with tape.
> >
> > Any thoughts on this?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Rich
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