about isolation

rulezzz · 8th January 2004, 05:38 PM

i want to know if i put two tda1514a chips on one heatsink do i need to isolate them from the heatsink like lm317 or no voltage goes througth their corpuses?

mrfeedback · 8th January 2004, 06:36 PM

The package heatsink is connected to the negative supply, so both amplifiers need to be insulated from the heatsink.
Philips website have the downloadable datasheet in pdf format.

Eric.

8th January 2004, 05:38 PM	#1
rulezzz diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: not nessesary	about isolation i want to know if i put two tda1514a chips on one heatsink do i need to isolate them from the heatsink like lm317 or no voltage goes througth their corpuses?

8th January 2004, 06:36 PM	#2
mrfeedback diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Perth, Australia.	They Must be Insulated... The package heatsink is connected to the negative supply, so both amplifiers need to be insulated from the heatsink. Philips website have the downloadable datasheet in pdf format. Eric. __________________ I believe not to believe in any fixed belief system.

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