Aleph 2

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Hello forum

I am spirit to build the ALEPH 2.
I shall like to know if it is necessary to isolate the standard(cannon) of the IRF 9610 to go(take) up them on heatsinks, not to put them in the ground 😎

Happy new year for all
 
I wonder how much difference it will make to mount the
IRF9610's forming the differential pair (Q1 and Q2)
back-to-back on a single heatsink for better thermal
tracking. In this case, the devices will need to be
electrically isolated.

Dennis
 
Here is what I did for heatsinks. They are the small compact Wakefields for TO-220 cases. The 9610 current source does run warm....the input pair run cooler as they split the current supplied to them. I heatsink them anyway. The sinks are only about 30 cents from Digi-Key.
Mark
 

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Isolation of 9610?

Dear members,

I still do not understand one technical question:

I built the Aleph 4 and Aleph 5 using Kristijan boards.

The three IRF 9610 are placed in one line, so I could use one aluminium plate to cool them all, and also to ensure same temperature. What I don't know is whether I will have to (electrically) isolate them against one another...
Is it no problem when their metal backsides are electrically in touch with each other, or do I have to use isolation to prevent this?

With kind regards,

Lucas
 
Re: Isolation of 9610?

Lucas_G said:
The three IRF 9610 are placed in one line, so I could use one aluminium plate to cool them all, and also to ensure same temperature. What I don't know is whether I will have to (electrically) isolate them against one another...
Is it no problem when their metal backsides are electrically in touch with each other, or do I have to use isolation to prevent this?
I like one common aluminium plate heat sink for the three too. But, since the metal backside of IRF9610 is the same as the drain lead, each FET is to be electrically insolated by insulating washer (e.g. silicon washer).

JH
 
If keeping the same operating temperatures of transistors is a benefit, fitting them on one piece of heat sink could assure us of the benefit. If it is no benefit, we could leave them together on the same piece of heat sink, just for fun.

🙂

JH
 
aleph 2

on the assembly of the aleph 2

I made 2 errors:

- I did not isolate the 9610.

- I was mistaken in direction on 4 diodes zeners.

I would like to know if it is because of this bad handling, that I have 30 V at exit HP 😎
 
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