Using a TO-220 heat sink

Adam Funk · 2018-04-26T09:17:31+00:00

Hi, To attach an LM317 (for example) in the TO-220 format to the corresponding heat sink (see link below), is it useful to apply any thermal paste in addition to the flexible mat that comes with the heat sink? Thanks. -- XML combines the efficiency of text files with the readability of binary files.

Apr 26, 2018 41 Replies

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Tom Del Rosso 8 years ago

I assumed a small heat sink can always be isolated, especially in hobby projects (which SEB posts are usually about).

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Adam Funk 8 years ago

Fair point!

svn ci -m 'come back make, all is forgiven!' build.xml

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