Running Hard Drives go Swimming in Oil, Diesel and Water

[@BlueShadow125]

you can hear a pc in the background just begging for mercy or a swift death

[@SonicGetaway]

BLUESHADOW125 no there is a power supply with a fan running... not a pc...

[@Minizw3rg]

BLUESHADOW125 The hard drives are not even connected

[@SamsTrainsGames]

Well, fun over! Time to stick them back in your PC and get windows re-installed :)

[@pata7355]

the new liquid cooled hardrive

[@ninguno1756]

Hi Aussie50. What do you think about using this thing for make a utrasonic cleaner? The drivers (aka loudspeakers) goes +/- 50Khz. A HD at 5000rpm and 10 notches in the platter can splash the bath... perhaps with the platter perpendicular and a quarter sumeged. sorry for me inglish. Regards

[@MrHardCore2Quad]

Ed, you should have become a (mad) scientist! :D Are the 3-wire motors in HDD-s BLDC-s too? I have seen some of that type too.

[@TheScrappingJeahaha]

have you ever tryed to run an ac or dc motor under water ? the conductivity should stop it but it runs ( and yes they have such little connectors at the commutator ;D )

[@RODALCO2007]

Pretty good going for some of those hard drives.

[@Aussie50]

I would think the electronics are a bit too sensitive for that ?

[@ZhaoahZ]

4:23 looks like Tom Cruise...

[@tk429]

Not sure. Maybe a variable power source. Might be kinda fun to see how high one will go.

[@Kuumidori]

Have you tried running power straight to the platter motor instead of running it through the drive PCB? Would be fun to watch a few of them spin themselves to death... or launch platters out into the open~

[@francistheodorecatte]

depends on the hard drive, but yes, most (modern) drives are sensorless.

[@DanielsGameVault]

Actually I have BOTH of those - the WD's motor is still running, that's why I kept it around

[@jhonbus]

Ahh, a flat plate rotating in a viscous fluid. This situation is exactly like about a million fluid dynamics problems I've had to do for Uni over the last couple of years!

[@Aussie50]

yeh I have loads of them in storage, good old drives!, I never had one die, just upgraded and put in the cupboard

[@high1voltage1rules]

Hi eddy' Great video mate, nothing like destroying a hard drive lol, hey yeah save them hard drive magnets mate, there awesome!!! Bloody strong!!! Thanx for sharing mate, THUMBS UP*

[@spagamoto]

I wonder how viscous a fluid you'd need to drop a running hard drive into for it to shatter the plates due to the sudden deceleration...

[@condo767]

Great vids man, can you do some, microwave tests, with harddrives, computer parts, batteries etc?

[@georgiowee]

ok, thank you for yor kind reply. well: may i ask you , if you wish to answer short: what has happened ? has the driver broken ?is the oil an insulator?or what ? Best Regards ps: i 'm a newbie and humbly would like to know

[@Aussie50]

I was looking at that in the video, the square sides knocked most of the energy off and stopped the pool getting bigger :(

[@Aussie50]

lol which part?

[@RobR386]

Hard drive motors can be driven using a shift register with a 555 timer input

[@donovandecoster2150]

You know whats really fun loosening the screws to the point where when it spins up the platter lifts off and goes flying

[@lnro4494]

What's the name of the platter motor? They seem interesting. I'm messing with one right now, and i've had times where the thing just dropped the bass when I forcefully stopped it.

[@nanorfewerinlength4920]

The second hdd seemed to like whatever fluid you added.

[@Vicsonvee]

Is that crow upset?

[@Tjousk]

Excellent fridge magnets too, can hold a few full envelopes with one of those.

[@roymcbacon4417]

u can't because the motor isn't ran on straight voltage, the PCB sends pulses to it or something of that nature. pure power would probably just kill it, or do nothing.

[@CarrotPCdude]

Can you do one in diesel, then take it out and set it on fire while it's still spinning? Or perhaps once that fire ban you mentioned previously has been lifted...

[@Aussie50]

they are a BLDC motor, they need a proper driver, not just direct current :(

[@Nickk888SA]

Why am i watching this? I watch a Hard Drive swimming in Oil...

[@truebassB]

Gonna now throw the mix in the Chinese Diesel Engine ? :D

[@flyingobjects]

I was curious, why didn't you disable the logic board and just drive the motor directly?

[@shamchowder]

this may seem like a stupid question but for 2 stokes what oil do you find the best?

[@1974Alfa5Spd]

I think the problem might have been the water is somewhat conductive and causing problems with the driver. Right before you pitched that 40GB I swear it was turning backwards.

[@saints_row_cat]

Unreading data?

[@roymcbacon4417]

Aussie, can you do this with a 10,000 rpm and 15,000 rpm hdd? i wonder if they would spin fast enough to release the heads from park?

[@StaticMethodsAus]

Have you tried putting one in a round container to see how big the whirlpool gets?

[@georgiowee]

Dear Sir, may I ask You which is the purpose of this experiment , in its essence ? Best Regards

[@TheScrappingJeahaha]

can you submerge one in gasoline ( outside ;D ) and light it up ? i think it could make a little fire vortex :D

[@solidsnake0051]

4:31 was that the ExcelStor 40gb? the type you destroyed?

[@2davydo]

Hmm the vary first Liquid cooled hard drive??

[@Kerring]

Should have done a performance test installing Vista in different liquids :D

[@RachelMant]

Ed, you've got a typo in your description - "their well lubricated" should be "they're well lubricated".

[@CreatureOTNight]

Does the 20 gig HD have a thicker platter than the other HDs?

[@UmbreWolf]

should try a brushless motor controller, something as simple as a brushless hobbie esc would do a number on a hard drive. No modifcations needed, just find the 3 phases.

[@DanielsGameVault]

I had that same Segate - I jammed a power cord into the molex connector and popped it with 220 v :)))

[@KG84C]

Busy little hard drive.....

[@ramairgto72]

Would have loved to see if you could play some music off this while doing that.

[@TheOriginalEviltech]

Well the harddisk motors dont have hall sensors since year 2000 and even earlyer than that...

[@kernel_data_inpage_error]

It would be interesting if you connect it to a computer, boot it, and then you put it in the oil while it is transferring data

[@Aussie50]

lol, well lubricated head crash :D

[@kernel_data_inpage_error]

Oiled bits

[@bjtaudio]

+IAmGaboAlejo hdd would stop transferring the files and stop responding and computer would lock up..that's the end of that.

[@myrkurvr]

+Aussie50 try mineral oil

[@JPkerVideo]

+IAmGaboAlejo One guy put an old television into oil and it worked fine. It imagine computer working but without fans.

[@chuuni6924]

Was the water distilled?

[@iancrawford2496]

Well no suprise it works like crap. Have you tried mineral oil? I've seen computers run on that but this makes me wonder...

[@EricssonXL]

2:27 the lube is working in. THe drive is starting to spin faster

[@MJS12345678999876543]

i think my laptop HD does the same noise in the minute 6:40 and if i leave it doing the same (if i dont tap the pc so it stops) i get a bluescreen but it still works is it bad?

[@joeorion3023]

bro, would you tell me please?. how do you set the Power supply to adjust the HDD motor speed. If you can, please email me. TY :D

[@BulletMagnet83]

So... oil-cooled HDDs aren't going to be the next big thing then :-(

[@t0nito]

What would be really interesting was to try to read data on that setup :P

[@Noname_2014]

Hear you the sound from the first Harddrive? She say i dieeee. RIP little Harddrive

[@1marcelfilms]

can you do any kind of acid?

[@IntelGoesHard]

i think old os's have a limit on hdd space

[@slip8293]

One of those where its like, why not?

[@aftershock2013]

'It's not very happy with me' Oh god. Why do i find that so funny xD

[@Aussie50]

wow, that is one of the more broken ones I have seen this year!, people who fly off like that worry me as much as ones that shoot up elementary schools like Sandy Hook.

[@pduffy83usa]

How do you not get electrocuted from the power supply?

[@Murdoch493]

I don't think it's hard to make a driver out of a simple 555 timer circuit!

[@Aussie50]

its not the best for your skin, i would not recommend it all the time, but occasionally won't kill you.

[@BoomBoxDeluxe]

Haha, nice effects with the diesel and that red stuff. :D -BoomBoxDeluxe.

[@leightonjohnson962]

how is this still working

[@lesliedavis5515]

how does this work like for real.............

[@PhaQ2]

Aussie 50 in da house!! Spin'n n' scratch'n like a boss D.J. !!!

[@theodordan680]

With all that oil in it...does it spin at 10000 rpms? :D i see some ssd speeds in there =)).....NOT

[@Lynch30]

So that means HDD are waterproof?

[@zx8401ztv]

Ooooooow you evil evil man, lol :-) The magnets are great to save, bloody strong!!

[@bborkzilla]

I wonder how a Bigfoot would do in oil...

[@clony101]

can you put some oil on the platter of a working one and it it on fire? :)

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

A quality video as always Ed!!

[@LewisPhot]

i would love to see a hard drive being thrown into a washing machine whilst its on a spin cycle ;) reckon that would be the real hdd wiping machine

[@towrecker]

entertainer you say ...try an Aussie Nut , that's why we watch ya Ed lol ;p

[@jonp4846]

6:57-7:11 - No worries. That'll buff right out :P

[@seeindarkness]

you need a 10k or 15k rpm scsi drive to put in oil......

[@nrdesign1991]

that will cause one of the coils to just burn out

[@blckcloud15253]

Question is why?

[@devenwalker4566]

Don Cornwall SCIENCE! also fun

[@tk429]

How about giving one 24 vdc?

[@drm315]

What? No Fire? I'm disappointed.

[@mrclucker1969]

like the idea for a Western Digital diesel wash system!!!!

[@Aussie50]

nope, i'm not PhotonicInduction :p

[@minbcraft]

oil and diesel is lubricating the hdd but water just no

[@francistheodorecatte]

try this with an old 5.25" full height drive. it'll work better.

[@SkazaTV]

7:13 You are making vinyl record.

[@herauthon]

Oliveoil would not be a good option - but oil drowned drives.. i might like the sound of that

[@herauthon]

i like to do this with a working disk - and write/read test it - it be also nice to have cam streaming head movements :D

[@davidmicka4333]

access time - 4minutes :D

[@aserta]

I'm so making this my wallpaper image. It's perfect.

[@WalterKnox]

Alright thanks for the reply

[@shalala4571]

Does diesel even have a high viscosity?

[@AceSurvivalistGames]

no

[@AceSurvivalistGames]

no

[@sirlancelottington3035]

no

[@ozzie_goat]

Nein!

[@sirlancelottington3035]

***** :|

[@toothlessnightfury5031]

I could have used that hard drive for my computer

[@JJBBravo]

You should have made some milkshake

[@gowron277a]

why would you do this? bored?

[@nigeleyeit]

haha nice, we used to call those seagate hdd's at work the condom hdd's

[@HDXFH]

Nice little pool of data!!

[@herauthon]

Slightly combustable data transfers ( sorry i was held up in data traffic )