[mythtv-users] USB Hard Drive Lifespans and power usage question

mythtv at blandford.net mythtv at blandford.net
Tue Aug 5 16:52:46 UTC 2008


Brian Wood wrote:
> David Schmidt wrote:
> 
>> Are people actually air-conditioning their garages to do this (and
>> even heard of people trying to do this in their attics (!))??
>>
>> Otherwise, wouldn't work here were it got up to 107 yesterday!!
> 
> Ouch!!! We actually got into the 90s lately, extremely rare for here
> (Cheyenne, Wyoming). We're the same latitude as NYC, but the 6,200 foot
> altitude usually cools things off. The "Mile High" city of Denver is
> 1,000 feet below us.
> 
> People always say "but it's a dry heat". My response is that my oven is
> also a dry heat, that doesn't mean I plan to climb into it.


I live in the phoenix area.  Last year we had more than 130 days of 
consecutive 100+ degree weather.  It isn't uncommon to be 130 degrees in 
the garage and 160+ in the attic.

I don't think my mythtv server would last long in either.

Michael


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