On Jan 15, 10:01*am, Rich Grise wrote:



Personally, I like as much surface
area as I can manage; forced-air cooling (like a fan) helps a LOT, but
unless it's a great big huge heatsink, you should mount some kind of guard
so that nobody gets their hand burned.

Rich

The heat sink ought to be big enough that no guard is needed. If the
heat sink is hot enough to burn someone, the silicon junction is
probably shot.

Dan