[Elecraft] How hot is too hot

Tom Hammond NØSS [email protected]
Wed Nov 6 15:23:01 2002


N0SS wrote:
>As I recall, general rule of thumb:
>
>    If you can place your hand (finger) on the heatsink and leave
>    it there for 5-6 seconds without screaming, it's getting 'warm'.
>
>=================

Ron, AC7AC wrote:

>Isn't that the "general rule of the (blistered) thumb"?
>
>Isn't the function of the fan to cool the inside of the K2 and NOT the
>heatsink itself?

Yup.

Tom