Answer by Dwayne Reid for Safety/efficiency of a makeshift aluminium can...
Answering your questions in somewhat the same order as you asked:1) If the device package was running too hot to touch while it was exposed to the open air, it definitely needs better heatsinking than...
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Unless you get the heatsink flush against the transistor with sufficient (but not overabundant) thermal compound, you may find that your bodge has little to no effect. And sealing the edges with a...
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Safety/efficiency of a makeshift aluminium can heatsink?
I had recently received a 9v 1A DC wall-wart off eBay, and needed to open it to swap the polarity of the jack to center negative. As I had the case open, my finger bumped against the metal part of the...
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