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The Wolverine 5th Group buy

I'd prefer to stick to old fashion mica. All those 'rubber pads' put me off over the years.
In tune with this theme, thermal cameras have become affordable to all.
A thermal gun is like $50
An image gun is like $175
Cheers.
These are not rubber they are like a little glass tile almost, the thermal conductivity is alot better than mica, although mica is decent.
 
Who knows what people are using exactly without particular part#s or data sheets but I have hundreds of these tile-like spacers in several variations, thicknesses and they are terrible! I've tried everything under the sun since 2005 and nothing out performs hand selected mica with paste. Somebody tried to tell me two part epoxy from JB Weld was an insulator. Ha, I had to laugh. Now, you don't be wanting to use that on your semiconductors. That worked 100% on an insulated package of LM3886s in an industrial application. You have to test these things and measure them. That is why I am stuck with mica forever.
 

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