How warm is your computer room?

by **k_semler** » Sat 28 May 2005, 00:31:11

Like the title says, how warm is the room where you keep your computer compared to the rest of your house? Mine is now at 84 degrees farenhiet, and the rest of the house is at 71 degrees. I have the central air on, and the blinds pulled, and it is not really helping. I'm sweating my ass off in here.

by **Jack** » Sat 28 May 2005, 00:44:18

The house is 74 degrees...so is the computer room...despite all the junk I have running.

It's only a few hundred watts....

(Hmm. I wonder how many indentured servants I need on bicycles to keep up my energy lifestyle?)

by **k_semler** » Sat 28 May 2005, 00:51:39

Well, I figure I could output 12w per hour, (using the example of the bicycles at Dworshack Dam Tourist Center), so it would take me about 41.275 people just to run my computer for one hour.

by **frankthetank** » Sat 28 May 2005, 00:52:18

Thats strange, because its currently in the upper 50's in my computer area/room. Its dependent on what the outside temp is...anywhere from low to mid 50's in winter to 90F+ in the summer. Right now its right around 50F out and i haven't had the heat on since early April.

I've got a jacket on! Just a notebook computer in here

by **ArimoDave** » Sat 28 May 2005, 00:54:34

Mine is about 21 degrees centigrade (I prefer the older term) or about 70 degrees fahrenheit
and cooling down along with the rest of the house.

My computer room does not heat up more than the rest of the house. But, it is on the shady side.

ArimoDave

by **SolarDave** » Sat 28 May 2005, 13:03:02

I had an extra layer of sound deadening material added to the walls of my computer room, and I had the walls insulated with fibreglass batts. I have dual-pane windows on it too. There is one old K6 computer running a website that is on all the time. That single computer is enough to keep the room 2-4 degrees warmer than the rest of the house year round. In the winter I am comfortable in there while the heat is off for the rest of the house. I have a Watts-Up and I have measured the K6 computer - it draws 85 watts. I probably radiate about that much too, so the room gets even warmer when I am in it. It is surprising to me that so little energy can heat a room. Insulation and tight air sealing are all it takes.

by **The_Virginian** » Sat 28 May 2005, 15:22:33

i dunno but between my body heat the computer's, and ambient temp.s there's a sweaty love triangel here!

by **julianj** » Sat 28 May 2005, 15:44:56

Post PO warlordish thought - I'm going to need 41.275 slaves to run bicycle dynamos just the chew the fat with you guys? Given my nerdish nature and aversion to violence, how am I going to manage that - some sort of mindbending drugs perhaps, that I could work on...

K_Semler, on reflection I think your maths must be wrong, I seem to recall people running radios and stereos off 1 person static bicyles; and computers ought to be in that ballpark?

by **Ludi** » Sat 28 May 2005, 15:57:54

You should be able to run an efficient laptop using a one-person bicycle generator...

by **Daculling** » Sat 28 May 2005, 22:21:22

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('julianj', ' ')I'm going to need 41.275 slaves to run bicycle dynamos just the chew the fat with you guys?

by **k_semler** » Sat 28 May 2005, 23:14:41

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('julianj', 'P')ost PO warlordish thought - I'm going to need 41.275 slaves to run bicycle dynamos just the chew the fat with you guys? Given my nerdish nature and aversion to violence, how am I going to manage that - some sort of mindbending drugs perhaps, that I could work on...

K_Semler, on reflection I think your maths must be wrong, I seem to recall people running radios and stereos off 1 person static bicyles; and computers ought to be in that ballpark?

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