My F-5 has fairly large heat sinks. 12.25 by 8 by 2.3. They do a great job, the rest of the aluminum chassis helps as well. It is easy to hold on to these as long as you want.
I know that stressing the outputs can be detrimental to their reliability. Is the point at which damage occurs determined by going over the recommennded .59, or is it from the heat of the heat sink going to high? I realize one is connected to the other, but I'm wondering if it is ok to up the bias, as long as the heatsink can be touched for 5 seconds, or is it more to it than whether the heat sink is sufficient to keep itself with in the 5 second rule?
How high is too high, a particular number on the multimeter, or the actual heat of the sink? Where do most of you let yours run and how hot does your sink get?
Thanks,
Russellc
I know that stressing the outputs can be detrimental to their reliability. Is the point at which damage occurs determined by going over the recommennded .59, or is it from the heat of the heat sink going to high? I realize one is connected to the other, but I'm wondering if it is ok to up the bias, as long as the heatsink can be touched for 5 seconds, or is it more to it than whether the heat sink is sufficient to keep itself with in the 5 second rule?
How high is too high, a particular number on the multimeter, or the actual heat of the sink? Where do most of you let yours run and how hot does your sink get?
Thanks,
Russellc