<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 9 Mar 2021, at 11:52 pm, Bob <<a href="mailto:mythtv@cox.net" class="">mythtv@cox.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Thanks for the response. What enclosure are you using for the external HDD? I suspect I need aluminum or metal of some sort since the disk will always be spinning (heat issues, I live in Arizona). I currently have WD 5400RPM drive so it should get too hot. Thanks.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">It is not a WD passport but a seagate 'same thing' of 5T ie a little plastic box and heat is no problem</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Perth can get hot. I turn on the aircon at 33C inside (um 90F) (outside 40) and smartmon shows the temp in 40s</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">James</div></body></html>