On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 10:51:39 -0500 Douglas Butler <dbutler@IMETRIX.COM>
writes:
> You are very right.  Even a small fan does wonders for cooling.  Most
> of
> my stuff is in small sealed boxes so there is little or no air
> movement.
>  I love it when the customer draws a vacuum on the housing to
> "prevent
> moisture problems" and the electronics cook to death in the
> resulting
> Dewar flask!
>
> Sherpa Doug

        When putting stuff in a sealed box (I do this quite a bit), heatsink to
the box! (doesn't work very well with a plastic box...)

Harold


FCC Rules Online at http://hallikainen.com/FccRules
Lighting control for theatre and television at http://www.dovesystems.com

________________________________________________________________
GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO!
Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less!
Join Juno today!  For your FREE software, visit:
http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

--
http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us!
email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body