Electronics Enclosure Buying Guide

Buy the right electronics Enclosure kit whenever you buy one. These requirements change depending on what type of electronic components you are purchasing the kit for. You can find information on electronic enclosure kits here.

1. What you should get in an electronic enclosure kit

You should try to get a kit that has Static Shielding, Impact Shock Shielding, Heat Shielding, Magnetic Shielding, and Dirt/Dust proofing. This is because Static Shielding takes into account how much electricity can be run through the enclosure and into its components, as opposed to how much is grounded and absorbed by the shielding itself. Sudden electrical surges can be damaging to electronic components, even sometimes especially to those that are dormant. Good grounding against power surges keeps the items stored in the enclosure safe from sudden electrical discharge.

2. Why you should get Impact Shock Shielding and Heat Shielding

Impact Shock Shielding minimizes the damage taken by any equipment stored in the enclosure from sudden physical impact and vibrations. Needless to say, most electronic equipment is physically fragile, and thus is suceptible to damage from impact, so shock proofing is extremely important. 3. Heat Shielding is a given as well, as most pieces of electronic equipment tend to be heat-sensitive. Some manufacturers even go so far as to place built-in heat sinks into their electronic enclosures, allowing temperature built up inside the enclosure to be flushed to the exterior, keeping the components inside relatively cool.

3. Why you should get magnetic shielding

It is good to prevent electro-magnetic pulsing from destroying electronic equitment and you can do that with magnetic shielding. EMP bursts should be considered a threat to electronic equipment.

4. Enterprise Enclosures

- The physical chassis of a more complex storage array either in a Network-attached storage or Storage area network environment.

- The entire set of components used to attach drives directly to a server. These may include a backplane, temperature sensors, enclosure management devices, and power supplies.

5. Consumer Enclosures

In the consumer space the term disk enclosure generally refers to small portable devices that use USB, FireWire, or a special external version of Serial ATA to connect to a computer.

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