Thanks alloy2.......very interesting information.Originally Posted by alloy2
Those of you that disassemble computers and servers should be wearing some sort of breathing protection, dissembling electronics inside the apartment or house could put your family at risk.
It's a well known fact that server cabinets and the rooms they occupy are full of tin and zinc whiskers.
These whiskers are light enough to become airborne particles that may enter your lungs casing respiratory problems.
Zinc whiskers in server room.Photo Gallery: ZINC Whiskers on Raised Floor Structures
The whiskers below are ZINC WHISKERS. They were found growing on the zinc-coated steel underside of raised floor tiles. In these examples the floor tiles were part of a computer room in which zinc whisker debris was shed from the floor tiles especially during maintenance activities within the data center . The conductive whisker debris was distributed around the room via the air cooling system. Ultimately, some whisker debris was drawn inside of the electronic systems (e.g., servers, routers, disk arrays) operating in the data center resulting in catastrophic and/or intermittent short circuit failures.
I'll probably have nightmares about zinc coated monsters tonight. I've worked in the telecom business since 85 and can't tell you how many times I've ran cables under those raised floors.
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