We try to keep it between 70 and 75. No advantage to cooler ...if the
AC goes out the temp will skyrocket so quick you won't really have any
extra time from being at 65 instead of 75. I don't know what the limit
is for the A500.

On 9/12/11, Dave Powell, MMfab <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Anybody know at what point the HP3000 A500's overtemp protection kicks in
> and it shuts itself down????  For that matter, any suggestions on safe
> operating temps for a room with switches, windows servers, etc?
>
> This weekend the HP had its first overtemp shutdown ever.
>
> Seems our art dept (they have a separate network from mine) added some stuff
> to the computer room last week.  And (I am just finding out today) all air
> conditioning is shut off overnight & weekends -- and has been for years
> without incident.  Whatever the overtemp cutoff is, the new stuff pushed us
> over the edge around 3:00 Sunday afternoon.
>
> So now I get to push for overnight air-cond and a thermostat setting that
> will keep our stuff safe and running while not wasting too much electricity.
> I'm not looking forward to this -- the energy-bill hawks want us to manually
> shut down the new art-dept stuff every night   :(    Besides the busywork
> factor, seems too easy to forget   :(    And since I stay late, I'm the one
> they would expect to do it   :(
>
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