Steve, I am pretty sure he meant lifting off of the surface that the unit would be sitting on; i.e., the bench.
Bill....WB6BNQ Steve Rooke wrote: > 2009/1/12 Hal Murray <[email protected]>: > > > You can get slightly better cooling if you turn it on its side/end, or lift > > the fins off the surface with a couple of spacers so the air can get in > > there > > better. > > Lifting the "fins" (heatsink) off the device will completely defeat > the purpose of them as the heat needs to conduct from the base of the > unit and onto the the heatsink for it to be of any worth. Use of > thermal paste will help and lapping both surfaces to a flat mirror > surface can help immensely. Make sure when mounting the device that > the fins are arranged so that air can move vertically over them, IE. > put it on it's side with the fins running vertically. > > 73, Steve > -- > Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD & JAKDTTNW > Omnium finis imminet > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
