Cooling Strategies for IT Wiring Closets and Small Rooms

The focus for this course will be on understanding the importance of cooling for wiring closets and reviewing options for cooling a wiring closet. Cooling for IT wiring closets is rarely planned and typically only implemented after failures or overheating occur. Historically, no clear standard exists for specifying sufficient cooling to achieve predictable behavior within wiring closets. An appropriate specification for cooling IT wiring closets should assure compatibility with anticipated loads, provide unambiguous instruction for design and installation of cooling equipment, prevent over sizing, maximize electrical efficiency, and be flexible enough to work in various shapes and types of closets.
* Understand optimal operating conditions for wiring closets * Identify the basic principals of wiring closet heat removal * Discuss five methods for cooling closets * and * Recognize how a UPS can impact the conditions in a wiring closet