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   Phil Allison to Rheilly Phoull   
   Re: Using a TO-220 heat sink   
   29 Apr 18 22:40:20   
   
   From: pallison49@gmail.com   
      
   Rheilly Phoull wrote:   
      
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   > > Me too. But only apply very, very sparingly.   
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   > Agreed, also I missed the power dissipation angle. If it was only low   
   > power it's not worth the effort.   
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    ** The TO220 heatsinks in the pic are only good for a couple of watts in free   
   air - so device dissipation is low.   
      
   Device temp will only vary a few degrees using different mounting interfaces.   
      
      
   ...    Phil   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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