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Originally Posted by billbo911
If you really want to make certain to conduct the heat out, ad a dab of thermal compound.
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I just want it on record that I think thermal paste is just about the messiest thing in existance. It's good at what it does, but it's also evil. Not even GoJo can get all of it off.
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Originally Posted by Nuttyman54
What did you use to mount it? As far as I can tell, they don't have any mounting holes per-se. Presumably you'd want something that is a good thermal conductor. I could see using bolts through the cutouts in the star, but I'd be worried about putting stress on the PCB that way. Or zip ties through the star loops and thermal paste between the PCB and the aluminum?
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I think we used safety wire, but zip ties will work as well. Bolts would work fine as long as you torque them correctly(i.e. have someone that knows their bolts and doesn't have the desire to tighten till it cracks, back a quarter turn it).