[Test-Equipment] OT: heat transfer paste

[Jan Martin Noeding]

It is strange, indeed !
When somebody mentions "newsgroups", it seems that very few seem to have the
faintest idea what you are talking about. On one occassion somebody
requested information, and he got somewhat excited about my answer. So I
wrote some explanation in Norwegian and passed it to some of the local
friends.

73
Jan-Martin
LA8AK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rasputin Novgorod" <priapulus at yahoo.com>
To: <test-equipment at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 9:44 PM
Subject: [Test-Equipment] OT: heat transfer paste


> I'm sorry for this off topic query, but I don't know
> who else to ask.
>
> I was cleaning and removing some power transistors and
> regulators off heatsinks. Instead of the usual white
> heat transfer paste between the transistor and sink,
> some had no paste; just a thin rubber-silicon-like
> pad. I presume the pad was for heat transfer and not
> electical isolation, there was no attempt to insulate
> the bolt.
>
> Is this thin pad a new way to "heat transfer" these
> parts? Is it better? It's certainly less messy.
> What is this pad material? Vendor?
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
>
>
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