I notice many of the originals do use a kind of fabric between the part and sink.I usually use a solvent to clean the sinks surface and just use the compound on the new one.Have for years. Phil Bader "Leonard G. Caillouet" wrote: > > OK here is a dumb question but I am drawing a blank on this one, and one of > you RCA experts will know right away...Pulling the chip off of the heat sink > I find a thermal coupling layer that I don't remember seeing before. My > question is, is this an insulator or can the IC be coupled to the heat sink > with heat sink compound? If it is an insulator what is the part number. I > don't remember any insulator on these sets but we don't do as much RCA as > other brands. > > Leonard G. Caillouet > Service Manager > Electronics World > Gainesville, FL > 352-332-5608 > 352-332-5668 (fax) > > ------------------------------------------ > Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html > ------------------------------------------ > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html -- Philip Bader Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976) 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880 Fax (863) 299-8821 email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------ Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html