And how do you remove the silicone oil? Ever heard the one about the hotel guest who complains about the mouse in his room? -John =============== > On 02/11/12 04:52 PM, John Ackermann N8UR wrote: >> Is there a recommended way to remove the residue of what I presume was >> thermal tape on the heatsinks of my various telco Rb units? It's a >> slightly tacky light greenish layer. I'm guessing that for a permanent >> installation one would want to remove that residue, smooth the surface, >> and replace with new material for best thermal transfer to the heatsink. >> >> John > > Silicon oil seems to remove that easily. I've found two recent sources of > silicon oil when I needed to do this. > > 1) My mate had some with his electric shaver. > 2) Oil filled Bird dummy load. > > > > -- > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > >

Try searching for "thermally conductive adhesive gap filler" to get a good selection of manufacturers like Bergquist, Chomerics, Masterbond, etc. ________________________________ From: John Ackermann N8UR <jra@febo.com> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Sat, February 11, 2012 1:45:08 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Removing thermal tape residue? ... BTW -- when you search for "thermal tape" most of the hits are for the tiny square pads used on CPU heatsinks...

I can confirm: my LPRO-101 has this thermal conductive green sheet too. I think to retain it instead of getting rid but it is not in perfect shape... On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Robert LaJeunesse < rlajeunesse@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Try searching for "thermally conductive adhesive gap filler" to get a good > selection of manufacturers like Bergquist, Chomerics, Masterbond, etc. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: John Ackermann N8UR <jra@febo.com> > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement < > time-nuts@febo.com> > Sent: Sat, February 11, 2012 1:45:08 PM > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Removing thermal tape residue? > > ... BTW -- when you search for "thermal tape" most of the hits are for the > tiny square pads used on CPU heatsinks... > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. >