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HotLok® Blanking Panels Installation Guide
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HotLok® Blanking Panel Install Guide
HotLok® Blanking Panels are packed in 10U cartons inside corrugated cardboard cases. Begin by removing all cartons from the corrugated cardboard case. No
cardboard should enter the computer room. Cardboard and other paper products could contribute to airborne particulate contamination. Airborne contamination may damage IT equipment by contributing to shorting and reducing cooling eciencies.
Installation
1. Using the nger grips to hold the HotLok Blanking Panel, align the four
pins with the holes in the side rail.
2. Ensure the product is level and pins are even on each side.
3. Push the Blanking Panel into the rack until the clips snap in on both
sides. The clips should be fully inserted and seated with the plastic edge
ush against the side rail. Depending on the size of the rack holes, the
panel may be able to slide up or down. This is not a cause for alarm but a
built in feature to add room for the ared sealing vanes to create a tight
seal. When you place multiple panels they will move and self seal.
4. To maintain the best seal possible, ll all open spaces so that HotLoks
push up against equipment.
5. Please note that the last blanking panel to be installed in a space might
require some additional force to squeeze into pace due to the tight t
produced by the ared vanes.
6. When uninstalling HotLok Blanking Panels, place one hand on the
panels above or below it and slowly pull out the rst unit. The tight t
can sometimes pull out other panels unintentionally.
Fully seated and installed HotLok
blanking panels
About Our Product
HotLok Blanking Panels are engineered with guide pins and internal clips to secure a tight t into all 19” EIA rail openings. In the past, we have had dierent
sized guide pins. We have found that a one size ts all works extremely well on all rack pin sizes.
The guide pins do not hold or have any structural benet for the panel in the rack; they simply help align it for a level and accurate installation. The clips are what
will click into place to tightly grip the HotLok to the rail.
The sealing vanes or anges on HotLok Blanking Panels are designed to are out slightly. As you install multiple HotLok Blanking Panels in a rack, these ared
vanes will press against one another creating a near perfect seal with no gaps between panels. In cabinets with blanking panels that have gaps, up to 19% of IT
air intake is still hot exhaust from the back of the cabinet. The ared design of HotLok results in a near complete elimination of exhaust air.
Vanes
Flared sealing vanes of HotLok
(Straight line shown for comparison)
Guide Pins
Clips
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