@chrylis-cautiouslyoptimistic- your best bet then is a "ranch panel" with feed-thru lugs on it. that'd let you drop a 200A feeder out to the existing panel and save you the costs of a big branch breaker.
@Shalvenay Is the characteristic of the "ranch panel" that the meter head is integral to it? A motivating factor for this design is the installation of a grid-tie battery-backed solar system, which would need to sit between the meter and the main panel.
@BMitch as someone who did computer security in school... unless you drilled RIGHT through the NAND chips or the chip with the key on a SED... the potential stupid hurts
Its not stupid - its clearly showing the difference between security and compliance. I mean, I'd happy put some tape over the holes to keep dust out, and then install to those drives.
..the difference between letter of the law and spirit of the law.
I ordered a new one but the power input was different, so I chopped the power input on the old one soldered it together with some of that heat shrink/solder stuff...
then realised that the 'new' drive connector was bigger than the old one
@Criggie ehh, it kinda sorta fit out of the box
oh and the battery backup was one of those 2035s with the heatshrink wire, so that got chopped and swapped for a battery box
which I think dosen't work
(I actually got the 'replacement' for it in, just need to get it set up, much much smaller, cheaper (~50 dollar) box with a slightly newer processor
-grin- yeah my old server is a core2duo with many years on it. I have some VMs created to replace its functions, and while some have moved, a lot is still to go.
basically I want something I can pull out, dust off, try stuff, then either have it hanging around till I got a better use for it, or keep in storage till the next wierd thing I want to try :D
Storage is junk tho (literally an SD card) so I'll need some that's a little less potato and I'm good
