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in front. Similarly, a way can almost always be found to exhaust heated air

video display. In many cases, the video display (either CRT or flat-panel) is

A few general notes:

located forward in a central cabinet, and has open space behind it. If the

stopping all air flow.

display is not sealed into the cabinet, i.e., air is free to move past it, you can

display, allowing the air from the side cabinets to escape into the room from

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earlier.

often vent the component cabinets "sideways" into the space behind the

ventilated cabinet typically rises only a few degrees above room temperature;

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There are many installations that consist of two equipment cabinets flanking a

almost always find a way to bring fresh air into a cabinet low, and, preferably,

can move slowly, cooling the equipment within the cabinet without noise.

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Fresh air can be brought into each of the side cabinets using methods outlined

behind the display. (The temperature of the air moving through a well-

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Slow-turning fans, used to minimize noise, don't have the power to force air

reason, it is generally safe to exhaust heated air near other components.)

goal is a "free-breathing" enclosure, in which relatively large amounts of air

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cleanest of houses would soon clog the weave, discoloring the cloth and

high, and, preferably, towards the rear of the cabinet.

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Do NOT expect air to move through fabric, no matter how "open" the weave.

through cloth, and, even if they could, the dust present in the air in the

Make any openings the air has to pass through as generous as possible. The

temperatures climb very high only when there is no air movement. For this

Feel free to "mix & match" ideas seen here. Use your imagination and you can