If your office is anything like ours, 20 minutes without air and the room temperature goes up about 10 degrees. Have him over and cut the air and see if that helps get your point across.
Matt Matt Adams District Network Specialist Winnebago Schools >>> "Russ Gowin" <rgo...@dwschools.org> 8/11/2010 11:00 AM >>> We actually save about $400 to $800 a month on our bill by doing this for the power company. Russ Gowin System Administrator Technology Specialist DeLand-Weldon CUSD #57 304 E. Illinois Route 10 DeLand, IL 61839 217-736-2311 -----Original Message----- From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of McKay, Curtis Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 9:35 AM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] OT: A question that makes you say "DOH" How much power are they shutting off at 3pm? And it comes back on a 6pm? I'm confused. Curtis McKay Network Administrator Belleville Township High School District 201 cmc...@bths201.org -----Original Message----- From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Russ Gowin Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 9:30 AM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] OT: A question that makes you say "DOH" Yes, he could walk to my office and do it, but even if he did he wouldn't understand. I've explained to him before that we have a lot of time and money invested in the servers and the last thing we want is for them to go down because of heat. Russ Gowin System Administrator Technology Specialist DeLand-Weldon CUSD #57 304 E. Illinois Route 10 DeLand, IL 61839 217-736-2311 -----Original Message----- From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Mike Oliveri Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 9:23 AM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] OT: A question that makes you say "DOH" First, let him walk down there and turn it on. Maybe then he'll realize what a PITA it is. Second, show him how much it would cost to replace burned-out servers and let him compare that to the cost of bringing in central air. Mike On Aug 11, 2010, at 9:20 AM, Russ Gowin wrote: > I come in to work this morning and I tell the supt. that the new portable > air conditioner in my office works great except that when they curtail our > power (shut it off) at 3pm and then turn it back on at 6pm that the A/C unit > doesn't come on automatically so whoever turns the power back on will > probably have to turn the unit back on. He says to me "You turn it off over > the weekend don't you?" I just wanted to smack my head against the wall but > I replied and said "No, because all of the servers are in there and they > have to stay cool". It has been this way for at least the past 5 or 6 > years. > > The problem this week (and part of next week) is that the maintenance guy > who normally turns the power off/on is on vacation until Wednesday so that > means the supt. will be flipping the switches and I just know that he won't > want to walk to my office and unlock it just to turn my A/C back on. > Luckily I still have the window unit in here so I'll just turn off the > portable unit and turn on the window unit before I leave, at least until the > maintenance guy comes back. > > I just wish they'd pipe central air over to my office from one of the rooms > across the hall. The A/C unit that goes to 2 of those rooms is actually > made to cool an entire floor of an office building and it wouldn't take much > to run some ductwork to my office. > > Russ Gowin > System Administrator > Technology Specialist > DeLand-Weldon CUSD #57 > 304 E. Illinois Route 10 > DeLand, IL 61839 > 217-736-2311 > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | This transmission is intended and restricted for use by the above addressee only and may contain CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR PRIVILEGED INFORMATION WHICH MAY BE EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER FEDERAL OR STATE LAW. Any unauthorized review, use, dissemination, distribution, downloading, or copying of this communication or any of its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the listed sender by reply email, and take necessary steps to delete the file from your system and destroy any hard copies of this transmission. | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
