Heat sink compound

[Frederic Breitwieser]

> My only worry would be that are heat sink compount always going to
> provide insulation?  Or are some conductive enough to cause problems?

Again, it depends on the product.  When you purchase it, as
others suggested, you should stick your ohmmeter leads into
a dab of it to see its conductivity.  The way I design
things is to always bolt, crew or clamp the device to the
heat sink, therefore the heat sink is part of the circuit.

> anything else it happened to do besides that really depended on what
> was in the heat sink compound.  It would make me believe it may even

YOu're correct on this... different compounds give
better/worse heat and better/worse electrical properties
based on its make-up.

-- 
Frederic Breitwieser
Bridgeport, CT 06606

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