Is there a chassis that powers off in case of overheating?

[devchander]

I recently witnessed an incident where a PXI controller went bad due to over-heating of the Chassis

Reason: That Chassis had a cooling fan in the Bottom. 

While mounting that chassis,  feet of the chassis were removed and chassis was placed 'flat' on the rack. This prevented adequate cooling and hence the subsequent failure of Controller.

Is there a feature in any chassis, where the chassis will give an alarm and power itself off, in case of overheating ??

If not, this would be cool feature to incorporate

Regards

Dev

Message Edited by devchander on 08-09-2006 07:04 AM

[devchander]

Hey, i wanted to post it in PXI discussion board how did it land here??!!

Ok, any  takers out here??

[JamesC]

See this tread.

Regards
JamesC
NIUK and Ireland