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Operate RN428 on its side?
Hi!
I recently purchased a RN428 for personal media storage, for the past few weeks it has been doing its job nicely standing under my desk, however due to fan/disk noise I want to move it to a sep...
Great to hear that, thank you!
Temperature/Airflow should be OK there is plenty of width and depth available and the cupboard is also well ventilated since its housing other electronics...
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good point about the hinges roland! I will keep it as is for a few more days and note some temperatures to compare afterwards. While I am not completely convinced that the 'heat moves upward' argument is applicable in this case, its nevertheless interesting how/if this influences temperature...
tim_t wrote:
good point about the hinges roland! I will keep it as is for a few more days and note some temperatures to compare afterwards. While I am not completely convinced that the 'heat moves upward' argument is applicable in this case, its nevertheless interesting how/if this influences temperature...
Heat does of course flow upwards. I think it's quite important to put the side vents on the top. The ensures that the CPU fan can do it's job. If the hinges aren't in the correct position, then perhaps hold the door in place with a bit of tape.
Actually, heat does not flow upwards. Hot air does. In a forced air situation, as in the NAS, convection barely has an effect. But you still want the vents up unless the shelf is vented because you do not want the shelf to impede the forced air flow. Sufficient surrounding space or forced air ventilation of the cabinet are needed to insure the exhaust isn't directed to the intake
Sandshark wrote "Actually, heat does not flow upwards. Hot air does."
Just for the records, operating the nas on the surface of a planet being exposed to gravity heat does flow upwards, because hot air does :-)
But you are absolutely right, that "In a forced air situation, as in the NAS, convection barely has an effect."
Sandshark wrote:
But you still want the vents up unless the shelf is vented because you do not want the shelf to impede the forced air flow.
It looks to me like the side vents on the RN428 are also intended to vent the disks - in which case there is also unforced convection going on. There are vents from top to bottom on the front edge of the cabinet, and also in the door.
Thats what I was thinking, forced airflow will be much greater than convection due to heat, thats why I was not convinced by 'heat goes up'.
That its a bad idea to block any vents is of course clear, however - my RN428 looks quite different, I do not have any side/top/(bottom?) vents - only rear in -> front out all around & behind the door (maybe its also front to rear, not sure). see images at netgear.com
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