On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Mckinney, James W wrote: > Wouldn't encasing it in an epoxy block cause the heat to increase? > James Mckinney Probably. I suppose it depends on the thermal conductivity of epoxy compared to air. Air has extremely low thermal conductivity, which is why unventilated cases retain so much heat. If epoxy has significantly better thermal conductivity, then an epoxy block would run cooler than an unventilated case. However, convection cooling transfers heat much faster than conductive cooling. An epoxy block would be much hotter than a well-ventilated case. But it might be possible to improve matters by embedding metal rods or foil strips into the block, to speed conduction of heat to the case. John Flanagan -who's talking out of his ass because he just woke up -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.ml.org
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