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Manor
| Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 04:25 pm: |
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Hi Ya,s, Was playing around with the wiring under the seat to see if I could free up some space to get a bit of a better airflow around the regulator. Noticed a white (toothpaste like powder/cream) between the regulator body and frame mounting plate. Whats that about then? Cheers, John |
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Jetbuilder
| Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 05:18 pm: |
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The subframe acts as a heat sink. I suppose it could be dried up Dialectic greese |
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Blk09r
| Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 10:57 pm: |
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It's a compound to help transmit heat to the frame. |
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Rob_l
| Posted on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 08:09 am: |
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Yes heat transfer compound. Not the same as dialectic grease. But there's such a gap between the frame and regulator I don't see what if any good it does. Seems the only contact points are where the regulator is attached to the sub-frame. Could be why the regulators overheat and go bad, lack of heat transfer. |
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Zac4mac
| Posted on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 12:59 pm: |
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In the days of overclocking, I remember using sandpaper to match heat source/sink combos' surfaces. Two "perfectly" matched surfaces will transfer heat VERY well without compound. Z |
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