On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:03:01 -0700, Winston
wrote:
...uses a heat sink which only makes contact
with a select few of the transistors it is meant to cool:
http://home.c2i.net/w-479147/temp/sink.jpg
This is a grid of 3 x 5 = 15 transistors with only 7 survivors
after a hot run with low batteries.

The damage was a result of a malfunction caused by water intrusion. I
will add an update to that thread soon.
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RoRo