And how do you remove the silicone oil? Ever heard the one about the hotel guest who complains about the mouse in his room?
-John =============== > On 02/11/12 04:52 PM, John Ackermann N8UR wrote: >> Is there a recommended way to remove the residue of what I presume was >> thermal tape on the heatsinks of my various telco Rb units? It's a >> slightly tacky light greenish layer. I'm guessing that for a permanent >> installation one would want to remove that residue, smooth the surface, >> and replace with new material for best thermal transfer to the heatsink. >> >> John > > Silicon oil seems to remove that easily. I've found two recent sources of > silicon oil when I needed to do this. > > 1) My mate had some with his electric shaver. > 2) Oil filled Bird dummy load. > > > > -- > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
