[ale] Harddirve fan

[James P. Kinney III]

Shouldn't be. The case on the drive is grounded so that should dissipate
any "floating" charges. It is concievable that a potential could be
generated between to adjacent points on the electronics board but the
likelyhood is very small. I can't see it happening without a deliberate
attempt to inject charged particles into the air stream. As long as the
airstream is relatively clean (i.e. not a dog/cat fur stream with air
for lubricant - like my house :) the frictional creation of static is
just not an issue _inside_ the case as everything is surrounded by metal
(which won't build up a static charge well).

On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 18:32 -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> Is there any static buildup concerns with having a case fan blow air 
> directly over/under harddrives?  Specifically Western Digital SATA drives.
> 
> Tia,
> 
> -Jim P.
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