> Cardboard? Card stock? Masking tape? White glue? (that's what I > usually use for cooling ducts.. easy to cut, glue, tape..) It's no > more flammable than plastic, and it doesn't melt and get soft.
That never crossed my mind. You sure about the flammability? I believe it for the ignition due to temperature (Fahrenheit 451 and all that). However, I have a gut feeling (but no data) that sparks are fairly likely to ignite cardboard, and less likely to ignite a solid plastic sheet (polyethylene or polypropylene, for instance). Not that I'm expecting sparks, but that is a real possibility when a power supply fails. Maybe even a brief flame. Of course paper won't hold up well compared to plastic if it gets wet. Moisture resistance is not important here though - if the insides of the computer are dripping, air shroud failure is the least of my worries. Thanks, David Mathog mat...@caltech.edu Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
