Re: Galden ZT 150
Sealing up the breather hole on a HD won't immediately cause it to conk out. But it reduces its life expectancy. How much? I dunno. Dont even remember where I was reading about it. Pretty sure it was the storagereview.com forums years ago.
The breather hole is there for pressure differentials and cooling. Even if you cool the entire casing of the HD the air sealed inside it is going to get very hot.
The HDs and PSU are always exceptions when people have submerged PC's in the past. Everything else is fine if you take the proper precautions.
You sure you don't want to split this project into two? Make a good solid quiet cheap file server and have a second box to mess around with submerging? Submergion projects are usually for show or benching or just for fun. Definitely not 24/7 boxes.
Anways, google "Fluorinert PC" and you'll find a good amount of examples.
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