Thermal adhesive

nitjt · 11/04/2009, 08:59 AM

I considering a large LED array, but dont want to tap 100's of LED's I saw a link to some themal adhesive tape in the LED thread but now I can't find it. Who has used it, is strong, wold you recomend it?

der_wille_zur_macht · 11/04/2009, 09:09 AM

Might I suggest that you ask these questions in one of the established LED threads? That helps other people find information later on.

There are two options for the tape. You can buy it precut for LED stars, or in sheets. Sheets is probably a bit cheaper, and available at digikey:

http://search.digikey.com/scripts/Dk...name=BER159-ND

It's plenty strong, but not quite as good at conducting heat as screws and good thermal paste. When you use it, push down HARD (not directly on the LED, but on the star around it - it's easy to damage the LED's built-in lens) for a good 10 - 20 seconds. This ensures best thermal performance and strength.

11/04/2009, 08:59 AM	#1
nitjt Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: garland, tx Posts: 128	Thermal adhesive I considering a large LED array, but dont want to tap 100's of LED's I saw a link to some themal adhesive tape in the LED thread but now I can't find it. Who has used it, is strong, wold you recomend it?

11/04/2009, 09:09 AM	#2
der_wille_zur_macht Team RC Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NY Posts: 17,749	Might I suggest that you ask these questions in one of the established LED threads? That helps other people find information later on. There are two options for the tape. You can buy it precut for LED stars, or in sheets. Sheets is probably a bit cheaper, and available at digikey: http://search.digikey.com/scripts/Dk...name=BER159-ND It's plenty strong, but not quite as good at conducting heat as screws and good thermal paste. When you use it, push down HARD (not directly on the LED, but on the star around it - it's easy to damage the LED's built-in lens) for a good 10 - 20 seconds. This ensures best thermal performance and strength. __________________ Inconveniencing marine life since 1992 "It is my personal belief that reef aquaria should be thriving communities of biodiversity, representative of their wild counterparts, and not merely collections of pretty specimens growing on tidy clean rock shelves covered in purple coralline algae." (Eric Borneman)