Middle Atlantic GRK-LVT42
42DP,GRK LARGE PERF VENTED TOP
- Height: 0.5"
- Depth: 41.7"
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Compatibility:
42" Deep GRK Racks
- Environmentally Friendly: Yes
-Lynn Y.
Description
The Middle Atlantic GRK-LVT42 is a large perforated vented top panel for 42" deep GRK series racks, offering 64% open area in place of a solid top. At this depth the largest in the GRK range the enclosure is almost always full of serious hardware, and thermal management is a design requirement rather than an afterthought.
64% open area on the deepest GRK enclosure
A 42" deep rack is specified when the equipment demands it: long-chassis amplifiers, server-class hardware, large UPS units, extensive processing and the dense cabling that accompanies all of it.
That combination produces a substantial and continuous heat load. Manufactured with a solid top, the warmest air in the enclosure collects at the highest point and stays there, raising the operating temperature of everything in the upper rack spaces. A 64% open panel turns that same point into an exhaust, allowing convection to carry heat out continuously while cooler air enters from below, no power, no moving parts, no maintenance.
That distinction is worth weighing carefully against forced ventilation. Fans consume power, need filter servicing, add audible noise in rooms where the rack shares occupied space, and represent an additional failure point in a system that is otherwise entirely solid-state.
A perforated top has none of those liabilities, and where fans are genuinely necessary it makes them work considerably harder for the same energy by providing an unobstructed exhaust path.
The panel measures 0.5" in height with a depth of 41.7", dimensioned precisely for the 42" GRK rack so it seats flush without gaps or field modification.
As a factory Middle Atlantic component the finish matches the rest of the rack system, and installation is a direct swap. The GRK-LVT42 is GREENGUARD certified and listed as environmentally friendly, supporting LEED and corporate sustainability documentation.
Dimensioned for 42-inch GRK racks
Conference Room AV is an authorized Middle Atlantic dealer, with free shipping, 30-day returns and a downloadable specification sheet. Specified at the time of rack purchase, it is one of the cheapest ways to protect a large equipment investment. Shallower racks in the same estate take the GRK-LVT36 vented top, and the AtlasIED CFT-125 fan thermostat controls any fans fitted alongside it.
Specifications
- Environmental Certification: GREENGUARD
- Environmental Certification: GREENGUARD
