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Old 06-29-14, 02:08 PM   #125
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I realize that the best option of a lab making up some bullet-proof stuff is just not I the cards. And to buy something on line is something I don't want to wait for and its going to be expensive. On the Randen shelf I do have some 5 min epoxy and regular slow set. On the aviation shelf I do have some fuel tank epoxy. (expensive and extremely slow but bullet proof).

I think I'm going to use the silicon route. The back of the LED modual is quite large and a thin coat of silicon over the large area should do the trick.


Randen

I use GE silicon on a lot of stuff and have even fully encapsulated electronics in the stuff.
I assume it conducts heat to some degree, or active parts in the 'capsule' would over-heat..

If the rate of heat transfer is fast enough to keep the LED module from over-heating, you're good..

Some of the old Intel CPU chips had such fast heat rise times,
you couldn't turn them on with a badly installed heat-sink for even 30 seconds..
Those heat sinks had to act quickly..
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