answer this question for me.....

[BlueTJCO]

Originally Posted by Agriv8r

unless the material being used has the ability to produce heat by itself, how could it produce more heat....heat a piece of metal to 100 degrees and you get 100 degrees...heat a piece of wood and you get fire ..the shelf composition does not matter.....

This was well understood many posts ago.......

The original question was asked because half of our burn room has "wooden shelving" now opposed to the metal racks we were using. The wood shelving being used seems to be cooling the room down...we have been monitoring the room temp and it is cooler, with the same amount of computers on burn.........

The only thing that has changed is the conversion to the other shelves.

[NJ H2]

One would think that wood would be worse than wire except if the wire was wire with no wood. The truth is that all wood would be worse than wire wouldn't you aggree?

[BlueTJCO]

Originally Posted by NJ H2

One would think that wood would be worse than wire except if the wire was wire with no wood. The truth is that all wood would be worse than wire wouldn't you aggree?

They are very nice and strong metal shelves, with a wood base. More of a particle board but about 3 inches thick that the computers sit on instead of sitting directly on the metal.

The metal shelves were getting hot to even brush up against. Now we just hope the wood doesn't warp too much over time.

[DRTYFN]

Originally Posted by Mooncricket

well no **** old man... I was trying to figure out if the shelving themselves will retain and produce more heat per the material that is used.......

WhyTF are you worried about the retention of heat in the shelves??? And how would you imagine that a shelf could possibly produce heat?

[DennisAJC]

Take out a few ceiling panels. You'll notice a huge difference depending how low your drop ceiling is. Too bad you can't feed a ventilation in there. Summer will be hell.

[KenP]

Originally Posted by BKLYNH2

this thread should cease before we convince the world we are total idiots.

Where's that Gold Bond thread???