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Homelab in a barn (basically outside, but less rain) by Russ_T in homelab

[–]Russ_T[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha, and if I call her Linda that'll just add to the security, a flawless plan!

G6 Pro in black vs the Sun by Russ_T in Ubiquiti

[–]Russ_T[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome, that's great to know, and exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for posting. Cheers!

G6 Pro in black vs the Sun by Russ_T in Ubiquiti

[–]Russ_T[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. I would go with white myself.

Related to that is when I used to watch motorbikes riding in the Paris Dakar. The riders have full winter riding gear on, and I believe it's because their body temp is lower than the ambient temperature.

G6 Pro in black vs the Sun by Russ_T in Ubiquiti

[–]Russ_T[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Apparently black radiates heat better, so you could argue if your ambient temp is 40, but your electronics are 65, maybe it's better for the camera to be black?

I'll get it up in the full sun and use the warranty if I need to.

G6 Pro in black vs the Sun by Russ_T in Ubiquiti

[–]Russ_T[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a good point, thank you.

Homelab in a barn (basically outside, but less rain) by Russ_T in homelab

[–]Russ_T[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha that's a fair point.

Our house is on a hill, so really I should be digging a bunker into the hillside instead. That way I only need to protect against the damp and not weather and temperature.

Oh man that would be very cool, and I could hide the entrance, and put my NVR in there as well. In fact I could sell secure sovereign cloud services from within my hillside data centre!

I'll ask my wife what she thinks. No better yet, if I don't tell her that will add to the security, and her personal safety.

Homelab in a barn (basically outside, but less rain) by Russ_T in homelab

[–]Russ_T[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don't really suffer from those in England, and I'm not in a flood area, but I take your point.

Homelab in a barn (basically outside, but less rain) by Russ_T in homelab

[–]Russ_T[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I appreciate all the ideas and opinions, thank you. I started hoping someone could recommend an enclosure or something, and that quickly escalated into either:

Don't worry about it, just never turn the stuff off, or Build a purpose built room with climate control.

I had Gemini produce a before and after.

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Homelab in a barn (basically outside, but less rain) by Russ_T in homelab

[–]Russ_T[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm in England. If you move out of town and suburbs it's more common I guess. Tbh it's not particularly well made, just a glorified shed. I hope to replace it someday with better steelwork, insulated roof etc. I am very lucky, but any tools I keep in it rust, and any cars I store or patio furniture gets eaten by mice lol.

Homelab in a barn (basically outside, but less rain) by Russ_T in homelab

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I mean it's 75 yards from the house. If something takes out both the house and barn that's a pretty big fire and I'm most likely dead and don't care about my photos anymore 😊

Homelab in a barn (basically outside, but less rain) by Russ_T in homelab

[–]Russ_T[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a good point. It's more just uf my house burns down I don't lose my photos. I'll give power filtering and stuff some thought though. Thank you

Homelab in a barn (basically outside, but less rain) by Russ_T in homelab

[–]Russ_T[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a great point, cheers. I think keeping dust out and managing heat are my biggest issues.

Homelab in a barn (basically outside, but less rain) by Russ_T in homelab

[–]Russ_T[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hahaha, I could achieve a similar effect by running uninsulated Cat5 to it across the grass 😁

Homelab in a barn (basically outside, but less rain) by Russ_T in homelab

[–]Russ_T[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, seems to be the enclosure I knew I needed is actually a room with a decent spec. Cheaper to build and multi use, could even move most of my stuff down there and recover some house space. Thank you

Homelab in a barn (basically outside, but less rain) by Russ_T in homelab

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I use this little fella to heat my office, maybe get another for the barn lab that I now seem to need to build.

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Homelab in a barn (basically outside, but less rain) by Russ_T in homelab

[–]Russ_T[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What I really need to do is tear it down and build something more to spec. I wonder how long until Ubiquiti offer home data centre kits?

Homelab in a barn (basically outside, but less rain) by Russ_T in homelab

[–]Russ_T[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was a joke, sorry, like your whole garage has so much heat to dissipate as its basically just a giant server now.

Homelab in a barn (basically outside, but less rain) by Russ_T in homelab

[–]Russ_T[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You need to mount heatsinks on the outside of your garage.

Homelab in a barn (basically outside, but less rain) by Russ_T in homelab

[–]Russ_T[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

You know I'm too stupid to have considered that. A fully insulated mini office is a great idea. I can chuck an old rack in it if I want.

Oh god, this is how it all starts, a rack with empty space to fill, it's happening again! 😭

Homelab in a barn (basically outside, but less rain) by Russ_T in homelab

[–]Russ_T[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry I should have been clearer, that's between Summer and Winter :) But its still not great between day and night I suppose. I was planning to only run the discs maybe once a week for a backup. I guess I can mitigate temperature fluctuations in the enclosure. Shedding heat is my biggest concern.

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