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13-01-2013, 20:48

Cory

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We use Mountain Dew cans as heat syncs on our motors!

This isn't very effective. The entire point of a heat sink is to maximize surface area for convective heat transfer. You have a minutely larger surface area with a soda can attached as compared to the case diameter of the motor.

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