Recent content by gregg-k

I'm an Ottawa guy too. I wonder how many of us there are, especially from the technology side?

Luc, I like your practice of heat shrinking the connecting pins of a device, but I'm not a fan of nylon nuts and bolts for mounting power semiconductors. Nylon can be problematic enough under compression loads, but in tension (such as in mounting a TO-3 device), they will flow/stretch after...

I'm new to this site, but have been an EE for over 35 years. As the others have suggested, put a thin smear of proper thermal compound on both sides of the mica, as well as using shoulder washers to insulate the mounting hardware. The alternative to separate shoulder washers is a TO3 socket...