12:01 If you're worried, you could get those blue thick thermal pads and cut one large one that covers everything, trust me it helps ALOT.

@ThatElectronicsFool

29 күн бұрын

Not too worried about it, but I am interested in the pads you're talking about. Would you happen to have a link?

@jackipiegg

29 күн бұрын

@@ThatElectronicsFool Can't link anything in youtube, they will delete the comment. Just search thermal pads, get the cheapest and 4-5mm thick will do fine even though the thermal rating is low. You don't need super efficient expensive ones for this. For packet ICs that do not have a heatsink in the first place, anything that's touching it will help.

@ThatElectronicsFool

29 күн бұрын

Yes, I tend to forget posting links on here kinda sucks. I had previously looked into thick thermal pads on places like DigiKey, but they were really pricey. That was at least a couple years ago though. Haven't looked elsewhere lately to see if there's less costly stuff.

Glad you got that sorted, i dont like toasty regulators & would be tempted to leave the mod & do the same with the other reg.

@ThatElectronicsFool

27 күн бұрын

I thought about fabricating a small heatsink out of a piece of copper that I could solder to the tab side of the regulators, to help with heat dissipation, but only if it was running too hot to touch for an extended period of time.

#DingleBerry 😂

420 yeah

@ThatElectronicsFool

27 күн бұрын

Just glad the original regulator didn't blaze up. Would've made it hard to read the numbers on it.