[time-nuts] 5370B heatsink temperature

John Lofgren jlofgren at lsr.com
Fri Mar 9 18:29:54 UTC 2012


I believe so.  I don't own a 5370B, but I remember the thread.

What I was thinking of starts here:
http://www.febo.com/pipermail/time-nuts/2010-September/050384.html

Or the complete thread is available here:
http://answerpot.com/showthread.php?1285452-Questions+about+HP+5370B



-John


-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of Eric Garner
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 12:22 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 5370B heatsink temperature

This is on my HP 5370B time interval counter. it's the external
heatsink by the power inlet.

-eric

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Chris Albertson
<albertson.chris at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Eric Garner <garnere at gmail.com> wrote:
>>.. i noticed that the heatsink was REALLY hot. I used my IR
>> thermometer to check it and it read ~160F(71C).
>
> What heat sink?  Did you have the cover off and were measuring the
> internal bar they use as a sink or was your FE5680A screwed down to a
> large aluminum heat sink.     Were all the dozen or so screws in
> place?  Was in making good contact
>
>
> --
>
> Chris Albertson
> Redondo Beach, California
>
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