BACKGROUND: I provide data equipment and I.T. recommendations for a small business that's located in a large office building. The "phone closet" in this building is not climate controlled and the temperature can swing from 40F to 130F seasonally. Therefore with the help of the various ISP vendor technicians, the client is desiring to move 3 telecom related units from the phone closet to their office space on the other side of a cinderblock wall, a wall that is common to the phone closet. I would like to advise them on limitations, what they can't do etc.
OFFICE AREA: The office area is a non-sprinkler typical room, about 9ft.x7ft, carpeted, 8ft. up to the drop ceiling, an upstairs office. 3 walls are drywall, one wall is cinderblock. The phone closet is on the other side of the cinderblock wall. The building owner is not that bright so I'm looking for answers online.
ENCLOSURES: It is proposed to purchase a 24"x24"x10" rated hinged-door enclosure to contain 2 telecom devices, a fan, an AC outlet and a UPS backup unit; while the 3rd telecom device is in it's own box (it's about 1.5 cu.ft.). This would result in two medium-size enclosures being mounted to the wall, high-up, one above the other, basically right up to the drop ceiling. With ordinary metal file cabinets underneath (along the wall).
QUESTION: What might be the limitations and is it ok to mount rated enclosures, that contain low-power devices, on an office space wall right up to the drop ceiling (they are placing file cabinets underneath to prevent head-banging). One article I found said that a phone closet is a dedicated electrical space, i.e. no "pipes" above it, whereas any given office space might have a water line running overhead (but not visible). They would prefer to force the building owner to climate-control the phone closet but that is potentially a long legal battle. (When I say "rated enclosures" I'm talking about in the generic sense, UL approved metal enclosures).
Long write-up, just wanted to provide the detail, any info/suggestions? Thanks in advance.
OFFICE AREA: The office area is a non-sprinkler typical room, about 9ft.x7ft, carpeted, 8ft. up to the drop ceiling, an upstairs office. 3 walls are drywall, one wall is cinderblock. The phone closet is on the other side of the cinderblock wall. The building owner is not that bright so I'm looking for answers online.
ENCLOSURES: It is proposed to purchase a 24"x24"x10" rated hinged-door enclosure to contain 2 telecom devices, a fan, an AC outlet and a UPS backup unit; while the 3rd telecom device is in it's own box (it's about 1.5 cu.ft.). This would result in two medium-size enclosures being mounted to the wall, high-up, one above the other, basically right up to the drop ceiling. With ordinary metal file cabinets underneath (along the wall).
QUESTION: What might be the limitations and is it ok to mount rated enclosures, that contain low-power devices, on an office space wall right up to the drop ceiling (they are placing file cabinets underneath to prevent head-banging). One article I found said that a phone closet is a dedicated electrical space, i.e. no "pipes" above it, whereas any given office space might have a water line running overhead (but not visible). They would prefer to force the building owner to climate-control the phone closet but that is potentially a long legal battle. (When I say "rated enclosures" I'm talking about in the generic sense, UL approved metal enclosures).
Long write-up, just wanted to provide the detail, any info/suggestions? Thanks in advance.