thermal pad for phase angle controller

[jumpin jellybean]

Sorry to bother you one and all
question I have is do I still need thermal grease with a thermal pad under psr25 to heat sink as it
Is backordered? Can't find answer using search.
Thank you for your time

[MuleKicker]

You can get dielectric grease at any parts store. Works great. I would use it.

[Prairiepiss]

You can get dielectric grease at any parts store. Works great. I would use it.

Dialectic grease is different then heatsink grease?

[jumpin jellybean]

So don't use the thermal pad?
Or use thermal grease on both sides of pad?
I can wait for it to come in or use other stuff.
Sorry electricity not my thing and have not seen it covered.
Don't want to let out magic blue smoke
, thank you

[skow69]

Your PSR25 is the guy who does the real work. It's him we want to take care of. I assume you are going work him hard. That makes him hot. If he gets too hot he quits working. You want to keep him cool by contact with a heatsink. it draws heat off. Think sitting on an ice block. Thermal pad improves heat transfer to sink. Heatsink grease is thermal grease is dielectric grease. It improves heat transfer even better.


Smear grease on all contact surfaces if you have some. Use thermal pad between hot device [psr25] and cooling device [heatsink] if you have one. More is better. Compromise if you have to but monitor temp of PSR25. If it stays cool yer good. If it gets hot fix it.

[jumpin jellybean]

thanks, yes I got a nice big heat sink but didn't know about thermal pad i'll be getting it all put together this weekend
waiting on keg, welding being done now, sweet feed going in fermenter this week end hopefully cleaning run this week :clap