Originally posted by completelyhis
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From a thermodynamics standpoint (sorry, my background is pchem ) the equipment is generating heat at a rate that is essentially independent of the ambient temperature (unless high temp causes components to fail, of course). Virtually all of the heat is most likely being dissipated to the basement or the room directly above, depending on air flow and insulation.
That will not change if you keep the room hotter. Yes, it will reduce the load initially until the temperature differential is sufficient to overcome the insulation value of the enclosure. But, in the end, the heat will have to go somewhere. The only way I can see that you can affect the amount of heat going to the rest of the basement is to deliberately funnel the heat to some other place, like the return duct of the HVAC system or directly outside.
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