Installation Guide: PowerAire® Quad
r2.0-7/8/14
Quad- S: 16943, 17351 Quad- M: 16886, 16633 Quad- C: 17347, 17348
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Figure 10 - Connection of temperature sensor tree
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The placement of the sensors is at the user’s discretion. The suggest location however would be along the
perforated face of the rack door. The best method to accomplish this is to route the main trunk of the
temperature sensor tree along the hinge side of the door, and then route the probes to the door surface,
securing each probe to the inside surface of the door, while the door is completely open to ensure sufficient
slack. Zip tie the cable trunk along the rack frame or where appropriate. Other alternatives for mounting the
temperature sensors may include their installation along the frame of the rack or directly at the server inlets
through various methods. In cases where racks are wider than a typical 24” panel, an individual rack may
receive partial cooling from two panels. In these cases, simply double the sensor probes in these racks to
allow for parallel operation of the PowerAire®
units in question. The goal is to position the sensors in such a
way that they are exposed to the continuous flow of intake air during normal IT operation. See figure 11
through 13 for routing examples.
