Re: MOSFET Cooling

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>


I'm sure they could work.
Dan


 > Hi All
 >
 > With all this talk of fan-cooled heatsinks on SSTCs, OLTCs and the like,
 > has anyone ever tried mounting their FETs/IGBTs on PC CPU heatsinks? These
 > can be acquired for very little money, especially from obsolete CPU
series.
 >
 > I've been examining a Socket A (AMD) cooler that has come out of service
 > due to a broken clip.  There's quite a reasonable mass there and decent
 > little fan.
 >
 > Cheers
 >
 > M
 >
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