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Date:         Fri, 26 Jun 1998 14:17:56 -0500
Reply-To:     Darrell Boehler <midwesty@TAOS.MIDWEST.NET>
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From:         Darrell Boehler <midwesty@TAOS.MIDWEST.NET>
Subject:      hot digifant
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Hi volks ,
    Bill Dummit mentioned his digifant was running hot and he was going to
install a fan to keep it cool.  It seems the  more we learn the more
questions and problems we get in the middle of.   My digifant heat sync
seems to run pretty hot also.   There is a large metal cover (about 6 inches
by 12  inches)   around the one on my westy which runs  cool.    This cover
is painted black  and the paint  appears to be  nonconductive paint like it
has infinite electrical resistance. Any heat conductive black paint I came
across in the past would also conduct electricity.  I have experienced  heat
problems in the past because engineering called for conductive black paint
and the manufacturing used  regular black paint, less expensive .   The
electronics were at times short lived due to over heating.
    I personally am a technician has been ,  and  not an engineer,   and am
a new comer to the vw scene.  However  I do know my digifant runs much
cooler and my  cover runs warmer after I removed  the paint from the area
the digifant heat sync  makes contact with and added some electrical paste
that aids in the heat transfer to the  black cover.
    Tia for any comments and  information.  As a side joke is there a chance
we could discuss this on a higher level.


Darrell Boehler
Makanda Illinois
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