What type of cooling system is this? - Electronic Circuits Projects Diagrams Free

Marks256 · 30th January 2008, 08:56 PM

To me it looks as if there is a blower built into the heat sinks, hence the little arrow on the gray one (air flow direction), but i could be wrong... I have never seen anything like this before.

jpanhalt · 30th January 2008, 09:07 PM

Look like blowers to me. The arrow is a mounting or flow direction. Check out http://www.dynatron-corp.com/
John

justDIY · 30th January 2008, 09:07 PM

those are low profile 'squirell cage' blowers, the open side is just facing away from you

they draw air through the heatsink fins and exhaust it out a rectangular port

**Krumlink** · 30th January 2008, 09:46 PM

I agree with all of the above. Wow what is that thing anyways?!? Looks like a super computer.

Ambient · 30th January 2008, 10:07 PM

looks like a server to me. Notice the power connections lay flat...makes it easier to mount in a tray.

**Krumlink** · 30th January 2008, 10:08 PM

Yeah that makes sense. One of these days I am gonna sneak into my schools server room and show you the horrid mess of wires

Marks256 · 30th January 2008, 11:17 PM

Yeah, it is some sort of cluster. Linux, i think.

Here is the link, if anyone is interested. http://www.littlefe.net/mediawiki/in...nced_Resources

Our server room is a mess.

Our servers suck, too. I keep giving the tech coordinator crap that my computer is more powerful than both our servers combined.

Right now our school is being added on to, so there are random cables hanging out of the wall.

I like hanging out in our server room (which doubles as a tech office). Torrents go fast in there...

I brought my old computer there and set it up on the main switch.

WOW the internet was fast!!!!! Then we got booted out of there due to remodeling, so we pestered the tech coordinator and got our own room.

justDIY · 31st January 2008, 12:10 AM

looks like someone took some 1U system boards and mounted them in a square metal frame instead of their intended rack mount chassis.

Funny NYPD · 31st January 2008, 05:49 AM

That is a Super DIY server.

Conradb · 3rd February 2008, 03:07 PM

Definitely DIY - rivetted aluminium, All power-cables exit without a gland to protect them indicating the PSU is heavily modified. Ultra-cool looking job though.
I would bolt down that SATA at the bottom, they do vibrate quite a lot in reality :-)

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30th January 2008, 08:56 PM	(permalink)
Marks256	What type of cooling system is this? To me it looks as if there is a blower built into the heat sinks, hence the little arrow on the gray one (air flow direction), but i could be wrong... I have never seen anything like this before. __________________ There is no "I" in "team", unless Apple makes it... Then it would be iTeam.

30th January 2008, 09:07 PM	(permalink)
jpanhalt	Look like blowers to me. The arrow is a mounting or flow direction. Check out http://www.dynatron-corp.com/ John

30th January 2008, 09:07 PM	(permalink)
justDIY	those are low profile 'squirell cage' blowers, the open side is just facing away from you they draw air through the heatsink fins and exhaust it out a rectangular port __________________ If you don't have a planet, what good are gold bars? want to contact me directly? gmail gordonthree check out my project website: http://projects.dimension-x.net Favorite numbers: 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0

30th January 2008, 09:46 PM	(permalink)
Krumlink	I agree with all of the above. Wow what is that thing anyways?!? Looks like a super computer. __________________ MechTronics World of Warcraft is a disease

30th January 2008, 10:07 PM	(permalink)
Ambient	looks like a server to me. Notice the power connections lay flat...makes it easier to mount in a tray.

30th January 2008, 10:08 PM	(permalink)
Krumlink	Yeah that makes sense. One of these days I am gonna sneak into my schools server room and show you the horrid mess of wires __________________ MechTronics World of Warcraft is a disease

30th January 2008, 11:17 PM	(permalink)
Marks256	Yeah, it is some sort of cluster. Linux, i think. Here is the link, if anyone is interested. http://www.littlefe.net/mediawiki/in...nced_Resources Our server room is a mess. Our servers suck, too. I keep giving the tech coordinator crap that my computer is more powerful than both our servers combined. Right now our school is being added on to, so there are random cables hanging out of the wall. I like hanging out in our server room (which doubles as a tech office). Torrents go fast in there... I brought my old computer there and set it up on the main switch. WOW the internet was fast!!!!! Then we got booted out of there due to remodeling, so we pestered the tech coordinator and got our own room. __________________ There is no "I" in "team", unless Apple makes it... Then it would be iTeam.

31st January 2008, 12:10 AM	(permalink)
justDIY	looks like someone took some 1U system boards and mounted them in a square metal frame instead of their intended rack mount chassis. __________________ If you don't have a planet, what good are gold bars? want to contact me directly? gmail gordonthree check out my project website: http://projects.dimension-x.net Favorite numbers: 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0

31st January 2008, 05:49 AM	(permalink)
Funny NYPD	That is a Super DIY server. __________________ F.N.

3rd February 2008, 03:07 PM	(permalink)
Conradb	Definitely DIY - rivetted aluminium, All power-cables exit without a gland to protect them indicating the PSU is heavily modified. Ultra-cool looking job though. I would bolt down that SATA at the bottom, they do vibrate quite a lot in reality :-)