[Amps] GU-84B Cooling

[R.Measures]

On Jul 19, 2005, at 1:15 PM, Dan K9ZF wrote:

> Will Matney wrote:
>
>> So this brings the delima of how to cool it so one would get a long 
>> life out of it. One way would be add some sort of extra aluminum heat 
>> fins, or some made of brass, with fins sticking out to catch more 
>> air, thus increasing the overall surface area. The only other way 
>> would be to increase the amount of air flow and volume over the fins 
>> that's there. When doing this though, the noise goes up from the 
>> blower.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Will
>>
>>
>>
>
> Water cool it?

Large electric generators are cooled with hydrogen gas, which removes 
heat c. 5-times more efficiently than air-cooling.
>
> 73
> Dan
>
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