Hi Bob, There is an insulating, heat conductive, pad on the LM317 fan control, the device closest to the rear panel. The other two do not dissipate enough power to require heatsink compound. However, if it makes you more comfortable, it will do no harm.
73, Bob, N6CM On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Bob <[email protected]> wrote: > Well after a month I finally opened the box and got the manuals out in > anticipation of starting to assemble the kit. Looks straight forward and > easy > to assemble. > > However one thing did strike me as odd in the assembly. It was the lack of > any > heat sink compound on the IC's on the Power Supply Module and Rectifier > board > assembly. Other than cost and the possible mess is there any reason why > it > would NOT be desirable to use some on these devices? > > > Any interest in a soon to be retired AL811 amp and QSK5 unit out there? > If so > reply off list. > > 73, > Bob > K2TK ex KN2TKR (1956) & K2TKR > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
