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Re: pic: PSA: Watch your metal shavings
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Originally Posted by Rickertsen2
This seems to be a very common problem among teams. IFI slathers conformal coating all over the board except the FET heatsinks. Maybie they leave out the sinks for thermal reasons. If this is the case, why don't they use some anodized aluminum heatsinks.
The heatsinks would provide improved thermals and the anodization would provide some shaving protection.
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Or (to take the electrical engineer's side) we could all just refrain from drilling, sawing, grinding, filing, and other chip-making activities in proximity to closely spaced electrical conductors!
(Why yes, I am an electrical engineer!)
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