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Questions tagged [heatsink]

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Filling gaps in heatsink design to improve thermal conductance?

I am currently pondering modifying my laptop's heatsink and am curious whether I stand to gain any benefit at all. The CPU and GPU (similar heatsink design) reach high temperatures (90°C +) under load and the exhaust air is warm, but far from…
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Soldering in vice - Avoiding Heat Sink

I have a job where I need to solder a brass tube at a precision 90 degree perpendicular angle to a piece of round stock. My current idea was to use a spring loaded center to hold the tube upright at a precision angle for solder application in my…
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Heat transfer Calculation, for Cooling for an aluminium box

To go into more detail, I basically have a controller and its housing is basically an aluminium box that I need to add heat sinks to. But first I need to calculate how much heat is being dissipated by the controller towards the environment around it…
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Most efficient orientation of exhaust vents on top plate of chassis for air flow with regard to heatsink fins?

I'm looking for some advice from an ME or anyone who understands heat transfer,convection, etc. I'm currently laying out in Inkscape a top panel for an audio amplifier I'm building. Now, my question lies in the orientation of the exhaust fins that I…
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Can I weld a copper pipe into a CPU heat sink for better cooling?

I have an old laptop which I revived with the addition of a SSD. The problem now with this laptop is that it gets very hot causing thermal shutdowns in the middle of work. I thought of a lot of solutions and finally repasted the heat sink, bought a…
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How does the Xbox Series X "Heat-sink chassis" work?

I understand what a heatsink does, but I cannot wrap my head around how the newly announced Xbox Series X's heat-sink chassis works. From Xbox: Heat-sink chassis A heat sink is a non-electronic, passive mechanical component that has a vital role in…
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Thermocouple Values Fluctuating

I am trying to measure the surface temperature of a cold plate using K-Type thermocouples. However, the temperature reading on the scope is fluctuating tremendously. IGBTs are attached on the cold plate and current is passing through them. The TCs…
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Is a block designed for water cooling effective at dry transmission of heat?

I’m working on a project involving a thermoelectric cooler, and options for small aluminum or copper blocks have been few and far between. However, I found many cheap aluminum and copper blocks on Amazon designed for water cooling CPUs. I know that…
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Vertical aluminum rebar, heatsink for driveways?

I am wondering why this does not exist: After substrate, before laying a concrete or asphalt driveway, drive 9'+ lengths of aluminum rebar with large plates at the head (imagine a very long nail) into the earth, with the head plates floating an inch…
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