I've got a TO-220 voltage regulator in my circuit that can get really hot depending on circumstances. I'm trying to find a really good heatsink to use with it, but I don't have that much room to work with as far as width or space on the frontside of the regulator. I also have no more than 2" of height to work with.
Here is a picture of how it lays out on the board:
As you can see, there is room on the flat (metal) side of the regulator because it doesn't matter if it sticks out over the edge of the board, but there's not much room anywhere else.
I've been looking at this heatsink:
http://mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?qs=sGAEpiMZZMttgyDkZ5Wiuh6vt2S17U8%2f9D4W%2fbh0X7s%3d
It's specs look pretty impressive:
The only other thing I can think of is take one of these popular styles (or something similar) and turn it backwards so the majority of the heatsink sticks out on the metal side of the voltage regulator:
Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions of some model that might work well?
Here is a picture of how it lays out on the board:
As you can see, there is room on the flat (metal) side of the regulator because it doesn't matter if it sticks out over the edge of the board, but there's not much room anywhere else.
I've been looking at this heatsink:
http://mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?qs=sGAEpiMZZMttgyDkZ5Wiuh6vt2S17U8%2f9D4W%2fbh0X7s%3d
It's specs look pretty impressive:
The only other thing I can think of is take one of these popular styles (or something similar) and turn it backwards so the majority of the heatsink sticks out on the metal side of the voltage regulator:
Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions of some model that might work well?