[TechAssist] Re: Heat sink compound
- From: Edward Gaidies <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 17:38:21 -0400
Whatever...we don't design them, we just replace them.;-)
Just to quickly apply it to something else.
Take a furnace...the flame will always have to be hotter then the Heat
Exchanger, otherwise everyone would be heating their house for free.
That's enough on this subject for me.
-Ed-
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Ed Gaidies
Tel-Tek Electronics
Ontario-Canada
teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
teltek@xxxxxxxxx
On 8-Oct-04, at 5:00 PM, Bil Green wrote:
> Actually I'm right. When you place your finger against the plastic
> section of a transistor or IC which is on a heat sink the
> temperature usually feels cooler the heat sink.
>
> You can't place your finger on the rear (often metal) side which is
> against the heat sink (and may be much hotter).
>
> But the heat sink is often hot enough to burn your finger (and
> often the device is definitely NOT). Now maybe the plastic just
> doesn't transfer the heat to your finger very well. I'm don't care
> about science at this point, only what I see or feel.
>
>
> Bil Green
> PC 1000
> Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
> 760-924-1000
>
> Friday, October 8, 2004, 1:22:50 PM, you wrote:
>
> TTE> Bil...
> TTE> Now you know better then that.
> TTE> Basic Science.;-)
> TTE> That would be Thermal Energy in reverse. The source has to be
> more then
> TTE> the dissipation.
>
> TTE> Ask Wayne.;-)
>
> TTE> -Ed-
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> TTE> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 3:57 PM
> TTE> To: J Silverman
> TTE> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Heat sink compound
>
> TTE> Isn't the heat sink always hotter than the device? Heat rises and
> is
> TTE> stored by the heat sink.
>
>
> TTE> Bil Green
> TTE> PC 1000
> TTE> Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
> TTE> 760-924-1000
>
> TTE> Friday, October 8, 2004, 9:50:46 AM, you wrote:
>
> JS>> So it sucks so much heat out that the heat sink is hotter than the
> TTE> devices
> JS>> doing the heating? Patent it quick!
> JS>> Jerry Silverman
> JS>> Greentron Inc
> JS>> 4 Newland Ave
> JS>> Greenville SC 29609
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> JS>> mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx
> JS>> ----- Original Message -----
> JS>> From: "Bil Green" <tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> JS>> To: "Paul" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> JS>> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 4:46 PM
> JS>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Heat sink compound
>
>
>>>> I have been using silicone grease. It's available in a tube, used
>>>> for
>>>> servicing pools and hot tubs, also boats. Designed for high heat
>>>> applications. Has worked well for many years (and it's clear).
>>>>
>>>> The heat sinks get much hotter than the transistors and chips so I
>>>> know for sure that it's working.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bil Green
>>>> PC 1000
>>>> Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
>>>> 760-924-1000
>>>>
>>>> Thursday, October 7, 2004, 10:10:38 AM, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>> P> Hi Al, been using GC silicone 10-8101 for about 20 years. Never
> TTE> had a
> JS>> repeat failure due to its use. I like it because it is less messy
> TTE> than the
> JS>> white or pink stuff the mfgs use.
>>>> P>
> JS>> Paul
>>>> P> al m <ampm@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> P> I know it's off topic but I haven't thought of what I was buying
> JS>> before.
>>>> P> Which is better the non silicone or the silicone compound?
>>>> P> Al Marquardt
>>>> P> ampm@xxxxxxx
>>>> P> Al Marquardt Electronic Repair
>>>> P> 206 W Main
>>>> P> Girardville Pa. 17935
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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