"Winston the Troll "

Bergquist mentions that their 'Gap Pad' products can be reused but they
can't decide if their Hi-Flow material is 'reworkable' or not.


** Complete red herring !!!!!!!!!!!!

The pads used here were not of that kind or brand.

These consisted of a thin plastic film, coated in silicone on both sides,
with a clear adhesive layer on one side.

When the blown TDAs were removed, there was no mark or indentation on the
pads AT ALL.

The pads measured a tiny 0.15mm thick, which is similar to some 3M products.


I assume this means that they would recommend replacing Sil-Pads at
each component replacement.


** Guarantee it would not have helped one bit, the pads were performing
exactly as per usual - ie crap.

Thin mica and thermal grease have 2 to 3 times less temp drop for the same
power throughput than any of the low cost pads.

In this particular amp, it is critical that such temp drops be minimised.


.... Phil