At 08:35 AM 9/28/98 -0500, you wrote:

>any problems with the temperatures sometimes reached in attics??
>Will it be too hot for the hub up there??

Attic temperatures can hit 150F quite easily on a sunny summer day and what
ever the ambient temp is on a dark cold freezing winter's day in a normal
older house attic. Now if you have good venting, good insulation between
the roof rafters (ie on the roof part not the ceiling) and foil to reflect
heat on the rafters temps usually don't hit over 100F.  These are empirical
results for two homes in the Portland Oregon area. Ambient temps 94F. One
home built in late 50's, insulation only on the floor of attic, normal
soffit and two ridge vents, black asphalt roof. Other late 70's, with
insulation under tile and reflective backing, lots of soffit and a
continous ridge vent, dark brown asphalt shingles.

So it depends-- if it's older building with poor attic ventilation -- can
your hub handle 150F and what ever the low temp will be in your area?
For a new building the highs may not be so high but the lows will be close
to the outside temp on a cold dark winter's day.

So check the manual and see what it say's about operating temp for the
unit. My guess would be that it prefers the standard office environment.

My first choice would be a closet where access and temp are near normal.
Going up to an atttic to troubleshoot and check on things is not my idea of
a good time esp in the summer.
Patrick Meyer
A French Norman in a foreign land,
pining for the fjords.

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