Re: external drives

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"Damien McBain" <askme@ifyawantit.invalid> wrote in message
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>> Couple of weeks ago there was a thread re external drives o/heating.
>> Seem to remember that someone drilled holes in a Swann enclosure
>> And fitted a fan.I wonder if a chip fan would do the job .Also any ideas
>> On an easy way to tap in for the 12 volts needed.? Taping a load of torch
>> batteries
>> to the thing wont look real flash.
>
> How about a USB fan? USB will give you 5v. This will run a 12v fan at a
> lower (and quieter) speed.

No it probably won't run at all but it will cetainly run a 5V fan.

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> "Damien McBain" <askme@ifyawantit.invalid> wrote in message
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>> dave selway committed to the eternal aether...:
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>>> Couple of weeks ago there was a thread re external drives o/heating.
>>> Seem to remember that someone drilled holes in a Swann enclosure
>>> And fitted a fan.I wonder if a chip fan would do the job .Also any ideas
>>> On an easy way to tap in for the 12 volts needed.? Taping a load of torch
>>> batteries
>>> to the thing wont look real flash.
>>
>> How about a USB fan? USB will give you 5v. This will run a 12v fan at a
>> lower (and quieter) speed.
>
> No it probably won't run at all but it will cetainly run a 5V fan.

I run several 12v fans on the 5v rail esp case fans that I want to run
quietly

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"Damien McBain" <askme@ifyawantit.invalid> wrote in message
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>> "Damien McBain" <askme@ifyawantit.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:1omyzh4vqaj4y.1ltpom67vmy6f.dlg@40tude.net...
>>> dave selway committed to the eternal aether...:
>>>
>>>> Couple of weeks ago there was a thread re external drives o/heating.
>>>> Seem to remember that someone drilled holes in a Swann enclosure
>>>> And fitted a fan.I wonder if a chip fan would do the job .Also any
>>>> ideas
>>>> On an easy way to tap in for the 12 volts needed.? Taping a load of
>>>> torch
>>>> batteries
>>>> to the thing wont look real flash.
>>>
>>> How about a USB fan? USB will give you 5v. This will run a 12v fan at a
>>> lower (and quieter) speed.
>>
>> No it probably won't run at all but it will cetainly run a 5V fan.
>
> I run several 12v fans on the 5v rail esp case fans that I want to run
> quietly

Both of mine won't unless I give them a pushstart, curiously.

Are your fans ball bearing or sleeve types?

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>>> "Damien McBain" <askme@ifyawantit.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:1omyzh4vqaj4y.1ltpom67vmy6f.dlg@40tude.net...
>>>> dave selway committed to the eternal aether...:
>>>>
>>>>> Couple of weeks ago there was a thread re external drives o/heating.
>>>>> Seem to remember that someone drilled holes in a Swann enclosure
>>>>> And fitted a fan.I wonder if a chip fan would do the job .Also any
>>>>> ideas
>>>>> On an easy way to tap in for the 12 volts needed.? Taping a load of
>>>>> torch
>>>>> batteries
>>>>> to the thing wont look real flash.
>>>>
>>>> How about a USB fan? USB will give you 5v. This will run a 12v fan at a
>>>> lower (and quieter) speed.
>>>
>>> No it probably won't run at all but it will cetainly run a 5V fan.
>>
>> I run several 12v fans on the 5v rail esp case fans that I want to run
>> quietly
>
> Both of mine won't unless I give them a pushstart, curiously.
>
> Are your fans ball bearing or sleeve types?

Dunno! I have a couple of Thermaltake case fans in my son's machine running
on 5v. I also run my Zalman CPU and GPU coolers on 5v, but I know these are
designed for both 12v and 5v.
I did have some variable speed fans with little built in thermostat wires
that wouldn't work at 5v even if it was very hot.

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>> "Damien McBain" <askme@ifyawantit.invalid> wrote in message
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>>>> "Damien McBain" <askme@ifyawantit.invalid> wrote in message
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>>>>> dave selway committed to the eternal aether...:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Couple of weeks ago there was a thread re external drives o/heating.
>>>>>> Seem to remember that someone drilled holes in a Swann enclosure
>>>>>> And fitted a fan.I wonder if a chip fan would do the job .Also any
>>>>>> ideas
>>>>>> On an easy way to tap in for the 12 volts needed.? Taping a load of
>>>>>> torch
>>>>>> batteries
>>>>>> to the thing wont look real flash.
>>>>>
>>>>> How about a USB fan? USB will give you 5v. This will run a 12v fan at
>>>>> a
>>>>> lower (and quieter) speed.
>>>>
>>>> No it probably won't run at all but it will cetainly run a 5V fan.
>>>
>>> I run several 12v fans on the 5v rail esp case fans that I want to run
>>> quietly
>>
>> Both of mine won't unless I give them a pushstart, curiously.
>>
>> Are your fans ball bearing or sleeve types?
>
> Dunno! I have a couple of Thermaltake case fans in my son's machine
> running
> on 5v. I also run my Zalman CPU and GPU coolers on 5v, but I know these
> are
> designed for both 12v and 5v.
> I did have some variable speed fans with little built in thermostat wires
> that wouldn't work at 5v even if it was very hot.

Thanks for the info, I'll now be looking at a couple of 12v fans that run at
5v because my system is both noisy and sucks in dust like a friggin Hoover
at present.