On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Dave Dilatush wrote:

> Dale wrote...
>
> >Yeah...  Dave like MOSFETs.  8-)  'Course he's right too.  My yard lights
> >tell me so every night.
>
> Did you get those low on-resistance MOSFETs yet to cure the heat
> problem?  IIRC, your original pair were getting hotter'n a
> two-dollar pistol, and the replacements were expected to run
> lukewarm.  Do they?

More or less.  More than lukewarm, but not plastic-melting hot either.
IRLZ34's are kinda toasty but manageable with about 8-9A of current.  The
next rev board will have provisions for two pair and heat sinks (which I'm
using now, but little bitty ones).  It's been running a couple of months
now without any drama.

Dale

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