oil bath shielding

Chris8sirhC · 11th September 2004, 11:04 PM

This may be a stupid question to ask, but ill ask it anyway. I am planning to use an oil bath setup to act as heat dissipation for my gainclone. Is there any type of oil that also can act as some shielding from magnetic fields or RFI? or would it have to be conductive to shield from these things (thus you cant use it as an oil bath for the gainclone)?

MWP · 12th September 2004, 12:19 PM

Wouldnt anything useful for shielding have to be conductive?

Why are you using oil for heatsinking?
Oil doesnt move heat very well.
Doing somthing similar to a watercooling computer setup would work much better.

thomas997 · 13th September 2004, 02:27 AM

What chips are you using?

I dont think many get hot enough to need water type cooling..

You can check out Peter Daniels heat tube gainclone. It has copper pipes with capilaries to carry the vaporized coolant away and the cooler liquid back (I believe).

Its not the full out water pipes, radiator, and pump, but then that requires some maintenance compared to a nice closed system.

11th September 2004, 11:04 PM	#1
Chris8sirhC diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Greenville SC	oil bath shielding This may be a stupid question to ask, but ill ask it anyway. I am planning to use an oil bath setup to act as heat dissipation for my gainclone. Is there any type of oil that also can act as some shielding from magnetic fields or RFI? or would it have to be conductive to shield from these things (thus you cant use it as an oil bath for the gainclone)?

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12th September 2004, 12:19 PM	#2
MWP diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Adelaide, South Australia	Wouldnt anything useful for shielding have to be conductive? Why are you using oil for heatsinking? Oil doesnt move heat very well. Doing somthing similar to a watercooling computer setup would work much better.

13th September 2004, 02:27 AM	#3
thomas997 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Vancouver	What chips are you using? I dont think many get hot enough to need water type cooling.. You can check out Peter Daniels heat tube gainclone. It has copper pipes with capilaries to carry the vaporized coolant away and the cooler liquid back (I believe). Its not the full out water pipes, radiator, and pump, but then that requires some maintenance compared to a nice closed system.

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