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Written by Mike Lavrik   
Friday, 23 September 2011
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Audi Headrest backwards
Written by Mike Lavrik   
Friday, 19 March 2010

if you are somewhat of a fool like me and managed to install your audi headrest in backwards then found that you are unable to pull it out, i have the solution.

 

The pictures below are without the headrest installed to make it easier to see.

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Step1. On the side that does not have  the release button carefully pry the top cover off.

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 Step 2. Remove the metal locking spring.

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Step3: use the release button on the opposite post and pull the head rest out. 

Step4: Put the sprint and cover back on the same way and reinstall your headrest (hopefully in the correct direction this time)

Last Updated ( Friday, 19 March 2010 )
 
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Written by Mike Lavrik   
Thursday, 03 December 2009
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Datacenter or Server Room BTU calculator
Written by Mike Lavrik   
Monday, 11 September 2006

There is not much out there to explain proper cooling calculations for a server room. I have gathered some information and broke down the calculations into a few simple steps.

 Common terms for cooling:

BTU: A Btu is defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound avoirdupois of water by one degree Fahrenheit

  • 1 watt is approximately 3.4 BTU/h [1]
  • 1000 BTU/h is approximately 293 W
  • 1 horsepower is approximately 2540 BTU/h
  • 12,000 BTU/h is referred to as a ton in most North American air conditioning applications.


The simplest way to start the calculation is to know how much power your servers will be drawing. Per server or total. A typical single cpu server will draw 1amp or 120 watt (1 amp x 120 volt = 120 watt). Dual cpu server such as Xeon or AMD will draw 2 amps or 240 watt. 

 A server drawing 120 watts will require 408 BTU of cooling (120 x 3.4). 

If you know the total amps your servers will be drawing you can use (amps x 120 x 3.4) to get total BTU required. 

 From experience i have found that on average each server uses 150 watts of power. To estimate cooling load of 100 servers multiple 100 x 150 x 3.4. 51000 BTW or 4.5 Tons (12,000 BTU in every TON). This is a bit of an over estimate but it is sufficient to cool not only the servers but UPS/Transformer and anything else typically found in a server room.

 *Note all numbers are based on estimates. The totals you receive will be close to what you expect but not exact.

 

Last Updated ( Thursday, 20 September 2007 )
 
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