[geeks] Impressive...

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Francois Dion wrote:
>> In my case, if I start to turn on some of my more interesting equipment,
> the
>> problem becomes heat.  Even in a New York winter, with all the windows open
>> and the AC blasting.
> 
> Wow.
> 
> Seriously, aren't you in upstate New York? A 2500 sqft home in that
> area needs a 140,000 btu furnace to make it through the coldest
> days... that's a lot of kw-h.


First of all, I'm not way upstate.  I'm still in the New York metro 
area.  For example, there are a *lot* of people who commute to jobs in 
NYC from here every day on commuter trains rather than intercity trains.

Second of all, 140kBTU/h is only 41kW.  If I turn absolutely everything 
on, I'll beat that by a significant margin.

Third of all, the computer doesn't have to get the entire house warm in 
order to melt down.  It just has to get its immediate environment too 
warm.  I'd bet that, even with more than 41kW of equipment running, I'd 
probably still have parts of the house that were quite cold.

8-)

Peace...  Sridhar