> I was thinking about this, and this message might be high
>on the "duh" factor, but....
>
> Doesn't the monitor chassis itself act as a huge heatsink?
>Adding a TO-3 heatsink wouldn't seem to increase the heat transfer
>from the transistors, by much, because they're adding only a small
>amount of surface area, compared to the metal chassis of the
>monitor, itself.
The "duh" is that you are forgetting about the mica insulator which sits
between the transistor and the chassis; the heat sink will DIRECTLY TOUCH
the transistor and sit ON TOP OF the mica insulator. Much heat transfer is
lost because of this (absoultey necessary) insulator.
