Re: TS1000 / ZX81heat sink


"Bill H" <bill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> can I remove the heatsink
> from the voltage regulator on the main board?

The heatsink is barely adequate as it is.
Any less would be unwise.

You could fit a switch-mode regulator instead, and that would run cool
without a heatsink.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kryten_droid/projects/smpsu/smpsu.htm



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