Re: Heatsinks?

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Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <davep-at-quik-dot-com>

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Erik Kettenburg by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <missyrat-at-pacbell-dot-net>

> Hi:
> I was trying to come up with a way to cool a staionary spark gap
>like this one

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pod-dot-com/bryishere/58926d30.jpg

> and I was wondering if mounting heat sinks on the ends of the bolts
> on either side would work

	Heat sinking of such gaps was common in spark gap wireless
	work, especially as power levels go up.

	How beneficial, here, would need trying.

	Usual rules of thermal design apply:
		keep heat sinks as large as possible,
		keep thermal paths as short as possible.

	best
	dwp