Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Heatsinks

At 06:19 25/02/2004, you wrote:

>On Tuesday 24 February 2004 11:11 pm, Tony Jeffree wrote:
> > At 04:04 25/02/2004, you wrote:
> > >You can also use Celeron heatsinks with fan..
> >
> > The price of these is right too.
>
>Be aware that some of what's sold out there as "CPU Coolers" and even as
>having ball bearings has 'em only on one side, and a sleeve bearing on the
>other. The one on the CPU in this box I'm typing on got noisier over time,
>and finally started getting sluggish until I shut things down, pulled it
>apart, and got a drop or two of oil on that sleeve bearing.
>
>I guess some advertise as "double ball-bearing", maybe? Bet they won't be
>the cheaper ones, either...

Good point. However, even if you toss the fan, the remaining heatsink often
works out significantly cheaper than buying an equivalent general purpose
heatsink, or one sold specifically for cooling Geckos for that matter.


Regards,
Tony