Tuesday, February 08, 2005
So, heatsinks.
All these fins to extract the heat, then the fan/motor to move the air over the fins to cool them down so that they can suck up more heat.
Why isn't the Fan the fins? Rather than move the air over the fins, what about moving the fins through the air? Only thing I don't know about would be the bearing needed on this, can the lubricant used inside the bearing carry the heat across? So move the Motor ABOVE the fanFins, and just keep the bearing on contact to the thermal transfer point.
Just ideas as I think of them.
All these fins to extract the heat, then the fan/motor to move the air over the fins to cool them down so that they can suck up more heat.
Why isn't the Fan the fins? Rather than move the air over the fins, what about moving the fins through the air? Only thing I don't know about would be the bearing needed on this, can the lubricant used inside the bearing carry the heat across? So move the Motor ABOVE the fanFins, and just keep the bearing on contact to the thermal transfer point.
Just ideas as I think of them.
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