StayLucky Senior Member  719 posts Joined Dec 2010 Location: Chicago More info | Sep 10, 2011 02:42 | #1 Considering building up a couple back up drives with these OWC enclosures,
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zrock Member 191 posts Joined Oct 2010 More info | Sep 10, 2011 08:52 | #2 no you don't need the fan in them. I have ran with a fan and without and the unit with the fan actually failed first... I think it was just dumb luck. but you look at most external/network drives and the are all fan less. Just make sure you do not pile paperwork on top of it. They need to have room to breath Canon T1i
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Sep 10, 2011 12:37 | #3 I'm considering getting an OWC enclsosure and a Western Digital drive to go in it. There's a heat sink in the enclosure but no fan.
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thedge Senior Member 417 posts Joined Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC More info | Sep 11, 2011 11:51 | #4 For laptop hard drives no they dont really need it. As long as theyre not buried under paper/etc theyre fine. I have three 2.5" drives in cheap enclosures and they all run fine. 7D - 100-400 L, Sigma 28, Sigma 17-70 2.8-4
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sbattey Goldmember 1,250 posts Joined Mar 2011 More info | Sep 11, 2011 16:55 | #5  Permanent banYou should be fine with any enclosure. Your hard drive can operate up to about 100℉ (37 Celsius), with no problems and can often times go even higher than that. On your desk it will probably not get even close to this temperature. Canon 7D | Canon 50mm f/1.4 | 430EX II
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tim Light Bringer  51,010 posts Likes: 375 Joined Nov 2004 Location: Wellington, New Zealand More info | Sep 11, 2011 19:33 | #6 WD black specs say -0° C to 60° C (32° F to 140° F). Hard drives do get warm quite easily. Professional wedding photographer, solution architect and general technical guy with multiple Amazon Web Services certifications.
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SMP_Homer Cream of the Crop  More info | Sep 12, 2011 09:31 | #7 if they're backup, turn them off when not needed. EOS R6’ / 1D X / 1D IV (and the wife has a T4i)
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zrock Member 191 posts Joined Oct 2010 More info | Sep 13, 2011 10:13 | #8 SMP_Homer wrote in post #13089546  if they're backup, turn them off when not needed. My backup raid box only comes on when it's time to upload to it, otherwise they're off. Drives rarely overheat or fail when turned off... I have a drive sitting on my desktop and a backup and web access only running of my network. Even when it is running its backup their is next to no heat from it. Canon T1i
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JackLiu Senior Member 570 posts Joined Apr 2009 Location: Ventura County, Calif., USA More info | Sep 13, 2011 13:47 | #9 I've been using backup external hard drives for quite a while with no overheating problems. However, they are located near an open window. "Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back." Arthur Rubinstein.
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