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Thread ID: 28421	2002-12-19 01:39:00	Computers and Condensation???	Brendonny (929)	Press F1

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107445	2002-12-19 10:09:00	This is not an office!! I should have made that point clear first! THIS IS NOT AN OFFICE!!! While this is an organisation it only has a very small office in the building . The building is a medium sized concrete block building . The heating which I think causes the condensation is from a small fire . Since it is carpeted in most of the building there is very low risk of falling over . Where there is no carpet there tends to be rugs so the risk is really minimal . I should have said that in the first place . The condensation can't be avoided I don't think especially with rain in winter . I think the computer wouldn't be on 24/7 and would only be on for about 1 hour daily for typing purposes mainly and sending and receiving e-mails . I have been there before and the building does get quite warm in the morning and then they turn the heaters off until the afternoon when someone else arrives . From all this you should have learnt that A) THe people who are there don't risk falling over because of the amount of carpet and rigs there . B) I probably can't explain the situation very well . C) If is was an OSH issue don't you think that they would have passed the inspection D) If it was an OSH issue they would have got onto it by now . Also doesn't every workplace have a risk of falling over?? Regardless of it it is the office, brewery or anywhere! You can fall over anywhere! And the original owners who were in the building for about 40 years before the organisation leased it would have noticed if there was a problem with condensation . Thanx to everyone who answered the question . :-)	Brendonny (929)
107446	2002-12-19 20:49:00	Sorry Brendonny Office or not, there is absolutely no excuse for that level of condensation in a workplace. Fires shouldn't release moisture into the room because they draw air in from outside and vent their combustion products to the atmosphere via the chimney. Unless of course you are referring to a free standing LPG gas heater and they certainly do pump litres of water into the air. It is still an OSH issue though, because if the damp doesn't get you the apparent lack of ventilation will. Also, if it is that damp there are other health hazards present i.e. if there is carpet in the wet area, mould and fungus growth are likely to occur. OSH doesn't carry out inspections unless requested and regular inspection regimes are usually contracted to private compliance companies. As for getting onto it by now: No, not necessarily. Horrendous situations are perpetuated in many workplaces because "that's the way it's always been". It is not until somebody says "no, I don't accept those working conditions" or somebody else falls ill or is injured that anything happens to get the problems corrected. I sense that you are a little testy about the direction our replies took but that's the thing about Press F1, you tap into an enormous wealth of experience and knowledge that goes way beyond computing. If I had come across your office or workspace in one of my previous occupations I would have been concerned for the health of the occupants, not the computer. It sounds more like a dungeon than a workplace. Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
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