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Default Mica versus Silicone pad insulators

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:29:02 GMT, Rich Grise wrote:

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:29:38 +0100, N Cook wrote:

Any comments ?


Most people have known for decades that mica and good goop beats
those stupid silicone things hands down.

Cheers!
Rich



Yup; the silicone is too thick. And the vendors measure theta with
insane clamping forces applied, then lie by another 2:1 for good
measure.

John