> How do you do this? There's no hole in the middle...I can just clamp them > between a couple
... lets see ... a 10x15x3mm Ohmite thick film rated at 20 watts ... with a little web research you get: <http://www.ohmite.com/catalog/pdf/tah.pdf> According to that data sheet, "Mounting: Requires the use of a snap-on style heat sink. A thermal compound should be properly applied." Mark AD5SS On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Vic Rosenthal <[email protected]> wrote: > I apologize in advance, but the smartest guys I know are here. > > I just received a few Ohmite thick film power resistors for an attenuator I'm > making, > rated 20 watts. They are 15mm x 10mm x 3mm. Obviously they have to be > heat-sunk > (heat-sinked?) if they are going to dissipate that much power. > > How do you do this? There's no hole in the middle...I can just clamp them > between a couple > of pieces of aluminum, but is there a right way to accomplish this? > -- > Vic > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
