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From: tel@moby.UUCP (Tom Lowe)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Cooling Big Iron (was Re: IBM mainf
Message-ID: <111@Ahab.moby.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 9-Oct-87 12:06:52 EDT
Article-I.D.: Ahab.111
Posted: Fri Oct  9 12:06:52 1987
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Organization: AT&T National Systems Support Center, South Plainfield, NJ
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Summary: expensive?

> Written  1:29 pm  Oct  4, 1987 by alan@mn-at1.UUCP (Alan Klietz)
> >Technically, the CRAY-2 is immersed in a bath of Fluroinert(tm), 
> ....
> >It's damn expensive (~$100/gal).  Several gallons evaporate away every
> >time the machine opened for repair (due to its low vapor pressure).

I get the impression that if you can afford the electric bills for the
beast, then a few hundred dollars to open the cabinet is a small drop
in a rather large bucket!  Even if you open it a couple times a week.

Anyone have any ideas how much the electric bills are just to run and 
cool the beast?

-- 
Tom Lowe {rutgers,gatech,huscb,burdvax,ihnp4,cbosgd}!psuvax1!moby!tel
AT&T National Systems Support Center, S. Plainfield, NJ  (1-800-922-0354)
  Please call only if you have an AT&T computer under Warranty or if you
  have an AT&T Maintenance Contract on your equipment.