APC Rack Air Removal Unit SX Ducting Kit 24 inch

Product Overview

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If you’re running a rack that gets genuinely warm (dense switching, always-on servers, patching rooms without great airflow), APC’s Rack Air Removal Unit SX with ducting kit is one of those “quietly sensible” buys. The value is less about immediate glamour and more about stopping hot air from lingering inside the cabinet—so your gear runs closer to its intended conditions. For UK sites where cooling can be patchy or where you’ve got limited cabinet-side options, that ducting kit matters because it actually gives the airflow somewhere to go rather than just recirculating nonsense.

That said, I wouldn’t buy it on assumption alone. If your rack enclosure already has strong, well-designed cooling (or you’re in a hot/cold aisle with proper containment), you may see little benefit for the £232.30 ex-VAT. It’s also best suited to racks where the installation can be done cleanly—bad duct runs, awkward routing, or blocking airflow can make these tools feel more expensive than they are. In short: buy it if you’re diagnosing real heat issues and you can route the duct properly; skip it if your environment and cabinet airflow are already solid, because you’ll probably pay for incremental improvement you don’t really need.