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+description: >
+    Implement properties to indicate the element cooling type (air, water, etc.).
+properties:
+    - name: AirCooled
+      type: boolean
+      description: >
+          The element uses air/fans for cooling when set to true.
+    - name: WaterCooled
+      type: boolean
+      description: >
+          The element uses water for cooling when set to true.
+
+# vim: tabstop=8 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4