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How hot does your HD enclosure get?

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Jassi

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I just bought a new one from Compusa and its completely air tight. The outside material is supposed to be Rubberized Aluminum. I plugged in a Samsung 250 GB SataII drive about 20 mins ago and the body of the enclosure is relatively warm to touch. I am curious if other people have the same issue. My WD external has plastic fins which allow air flow.

How hot does your enclosure get? Can I expect the lifetime of the drive to be severely impacted due to this?
 
Surprisingly warm is a good way to describe it. If I didn't have two 80mm's blowing over my 4 HD's I'd be worried.
 
Originally posted by: Old Hippie
My external get up to 46C. I got a Craftman's IR Thermometer.
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Am I to assume that is the temp. on the outside of your case?
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I get reading from front aperture on case. My IR can pinpoint temp reading from interior of case.
 
welll jjust measure inside temps. not outside. if the outside is hot it might be providing a heatsink effect right? the bad thing i read is that most of thsoe things never spin drives down😛
 
"Surprisingly warm" is OK. If it were a cup of coffee, it would be too cool to enjoy.
 
I bought this unit with option #3,
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Update;
This is just an FYI.
The unit is well constructed and holds the temp at 40c.....all day long. It isn't silent (2 fans) by any means and I'm sure I'll replace the fans when it suits my fancy. From what I've read, anything above a sustained temp of 45 degrees C subjects a HD to an accelerated death. This CoolGear unit is far superior to the unit it replaces.
 
Originally posted by: eplebnista
Mine works fine and only gets warm, so I haven't worried about it at all.
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It looks as if most people feel like this, and that's fine and dandy. However, if this configuration (external drive) is to be used as a reliable back-up, all aspects of reliability (ie temps) should be explored.

I guess
Mine works fine and only gets warm
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is OK for you, but I'm gonna be little more concise for my piece of mind.
 
external enclosures were invented to slowly destroy HDD, either through heat and/or destroyed file tables due to temp (thermal migration), in essence turning your data into recovery mode horse manure.

and fans mounted right to the enclosures add their intense vibrations to disturb wand seeks, and air cushion integrity.

if you want to use them - go ahead, its your funeral, be my guest.
And if everything is fine now, just make sure you go to church every Sunday.
 
I just measure my external Firewire data drive, and it is warmer than body temp - so I put a thermometer on it - about 102 F on the exterior. Not too bad. Its cooler than the pavement outside in Tucson right now. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Old Hippie
Originally posted by: eplebnista
Mine works fine and only gets warm, so I haven't worried about it at all.
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It looks as if most people feel like this, and that's fine and dandy. However, if this configuration (external drive) is to be used as a reliable back-up, all aspects of reliability (ie temps) should be explored.

I guess
Mine works fine and only gets warm
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is OK for you, but I'm gonna be little more concise for my piece of mind.
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Well I use a 5.25" enclosure and the drive is only used for temp storage, and not anything critical so if I did lose the data I would not miss it.
 
and fans mounted right to the enclosures add their intense vibrations to disturb wand seeks, and air cushion integrity.
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First time I've ever heard this. Got any linkage for that?
And if everything is fine now, just make sure you go to church every Sunday.
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Oh Nooooooooo! Too Late! 🙁
 
Hello...just wondering what is the best way to get a temperature reading from an external USB2.0 hard drive enclosure?


Also, someone here mentioned that the enclosures do not allow the drives to 'spin down'...?

Did I understand that correctly? If so, what does that mean exactly?

Cheers.
 
I put my hand on it - it is warm. If it were a cup of coffee, I'd put it in the microwave to heat it up. It's really a non-issue for me.
 
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