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- From: cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us (gordon hlavenka)
- Subject: Re: What I've got and what I'd like to have
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.175752.21890@vpnet.chi.il.us>
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 17:57:52 GMT
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- jones@pyrite.cs.uiowa.edu (Douglas W. Jones) writes:
- > ... (Some good thoughts and a little commiseration) ...
-
- > Strip out the bad filters. If your air is dirty enough to
- > need filtering, go to a furnace store and look at the filter
- > media they have to offer. I've seen some "plastic" furnace
- > filter material that's not too different from the DEC stuff,
- > but thicker. I assume it'd work well enough if you can get
- > it to fit in the path of the airflow. I've got a rack-mount
- > system with no air filters (at least, none remaning) inside
- > the rack. The top-of-rack fan still has a filter, though,
- > but just about anything can be stuffed there.
-
- Unfortunately, my problem is that the whole filter assembly is shot.
- I'm less concerned about filtering the air than restoring the case.
- The sheet metal is showing some rust but can be repainted. All those
- snap-in plastic things are broken, and it looks pretty sad. (Works
- great, though -- just like you'd expect from an 8/e :-)
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- Gordon S. Hlavenka cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us
- Vote straight ticket Procrastination party Dec. 3rd!
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