[Amps] Anodizing aluminum, painting etc.

[Bill Fuqua]

At 12:42 PM 8/17/2006 -0400, Gary Schafer wrote:
>A heat sink is really a heat exchanger just like an air conditioner. Making
>the heat sink heavier by making it a larger block doesn't necessarily make
>it a better heat sink. Larger will hold more heat but it is surface area
>that gets rid of the heat.


     I have found one odd exception as far as heat sinks go. What you state 
is very true. Just take a look inside most inexpensive UPSs for PC 
computers. They usually don't have finned heat sinks but just a large mass 
attached to the power transistors. That is one reason that they can power 
the computer for such a short time.  It's not just because of the battery 
size.  The larger heavy duty commercial ones have finned heat sinks.

73
Bill wa4lav