Cree CSD01060 Schottky rectifiers

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Offline Sleepybird

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on: March 28, 2018, 10:15:55 PM
On the power board are two Cree CSD01060 Schottky rectifiers of TO-220 style.
How much heat is dissipated and will install of heatsinks lengthen their longetivity?
Thanks in advance.
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Offline adydula

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Reply #1 on: March 29, 2018, 03:16:13 AM
I re-biased my tubes this morning and touched the rectifiers and they are not very hot or warm at all....

I have a thermocouple but its down in the garage and I am too lazy to get it right now...caught up in just listening!!!

I will measure later and post what I measure.

Alex



Offline Paul Birkeland

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Reply #2 on: March 29, 2018, 03:51:46 AM
Less than 1/10 of a watt should be dissipated in each diode.

If you put heatsinks on the didoes, you will not do anything to prolong their life, but if these heatsinks touch each other or touch any other metal parts in the amp, you will at minimum blow a fuse.

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Reply #3 on: March 29, 2018, 04:02:33 AM
That's great to know. Thanks!