Does it make a lot of heat, and need really good airconditioning?.
Not that much, as I indicated, around 500-600w of consumption, much of which ends up as heat. It has a couple of huge blower fans inside, and this is sufficient to keep the innards at ambient. The official recommendation is for a 22c computer room, dust filtering etc. and whilst this is the ideal, the machine will cope with far worse conditions, particularly if it is in hobbyist (ie intermittent) useage. The operating temperature range for the 6000 series is 10C-40C (15C-32C if you want to use the TK70) Humidity is not as critical, ‘non-condensing’ is the operative word, but 20% -80% if you want to use the TK70 and 10% – 90% if you don’t. This means it’s comfortable even when you aren’t, but it’s happiest and will be most reliable if the temperature is more or less a constant somewhere in this range. A constant temp is the key to long term reliability. It can be a constant 22C or a constant 32C and the machine would still work ok, (though the operator might object at 32C!) In a home en
