Hi, Doug. My suggetion is:
- start with good, standard but not-so-bulky case; - build a cage around the commercial grade, made from thick sheets of steel; - do lots of small, tiny drills on the external cage, for proper ventilation; - do a couple of larger holes for cables and wires on the back; - put a thermometer sensor inside, with a display on the outside, for proper temparature monitoring, just in case you need more holes; You should end with far better protection than those provided by more expensive devices. The small holes won't let pass much EM energy thru them. The larger ones can be concealed by walls and you may point them to safer areas. They'll be blocked by the cage itself and should cause little to none side effects on areas of interest. You can hire someone or a company to do some bending or soldering if needed. Best regards to you and your wife. On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 12:37:59PM -0700, Steve B wrote: > > I have one of these, http://calpc.com/catalog/mid_tower.html, and its quite > > beefy. > > > > I wonder if you could measure two things for me: > > 1. The thickness of the steel panels (not of any structural frame). > I'm comparing these with norco cases which are made of 1.2 mm steel, so > a normal metric ruler and an eyeball would suffice. > > 2. The size of the vent holes. The mid tower chassis page doesn't > have alternate views. The 4U rackmount case has a rear photo. The > vents look like brickwork: more vent than metal. The dimensions of > the holes and the metal between them is critical. If you could give me > the three measurements, again to the nearest 0.2 mm. > > -- vent-hole lenght: > -- vent-hole height: > -- metal between vent-holes: > > Thank you. > > Doug.
