[GTALUG] Server rack questions

o1bigtenor o1bigtenor at gmail.com
Fri Nov 6 18:54:34 UTC 2015


On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 3:28 PM, James Knott <james.knott at rogers.com> wrote:
> On 11/06/2015 02:31 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>> I find the main trouble is known what kind of screws a specific type of
>> rack needs.  Would be great if these things had a standard, but apparently
>> they don't.  Well at least there are too many standards to pick from.
>>
>
> There are at least 3 caged nuts I'm familiar and 4 screws for threaded
> rails.  That's the nice thing about standards.  There's so many to
> choose from.  ;-)

Ja - - - did you know that for the 4 screws that you are familiar with
that there
are at least 2 thread pitches for each size and as many as about 8?
Standards are a lot of fun - - - its a great way to hose customers!

So 10 - 32, 12 - 32, M5 and M6 - - - what other size do you know of?

Regards

Dee
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