All good advice....
Let me chime in with one more piece of advice (Based on a very scary
experience). I'm actually restating the obvious.
If any of your rack equipment is installed with sliders make sure to only
have one device extended on a slider at a time. Failure to do so can
cause the rack to topple if not anchored down and it can be a very bad
day.
George Rachor
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George L. Rachor Jr. george_at_rachors.com
Hillsboro, Oregon
http://rachors.com
United States of America Amateur Radio : KD7DCX
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Gary Hildebrand wrote:
> I've been there a couple times, mounting boat anchor radio equipment
> into racks. I've found a couple things that do work:
>
> Plan your installation and mount the equipment from the bottom up. I
> use spacers out of whatever material is handy, and use it to balance the
> next piece of equipment.
>
> If you have to put something above something else with a space, put two
> screws in the holes just below where you are mounting said equipment.
> Then use some sort of spacer (blocks, boxes, books, etc) to sit the
> equipment on while you insert the proper screws.
>
> Rotten job, but we all have to do it . . . .
>
> Gary Hildebrand
>
Received on Mon Nov 12 2001 - 17:33:43 GMT