2009/1/12 WB6BNQ <[email protected]>: > Steve, > > I am pretty sure he meant lifting off of the surface that the unit would be > sitting > on; i.e., the bench.
Sorry, my bad. > 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. > -- 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.
