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    SSC P7 -DRIVER- heatsinking: how do I do it?

    What do you mean by "potting it"?
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    SSC P7 -DRIVER- heatsinking: how do I do it?

    My solution was to sandwich (very snugly, the rubber will squish out from the sides a bit) the driver board against the heat sink using that included rubber piece. If you need pictures I can get some if you are unsure of my method. I have run the driver enclosed with 0 (zero) airflow with the...
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    Homemade SSC-P7 bicycle helmet light

    The big heat sink is to be on the safe side. Because on my bike, I wont always be moving... so the bigger heat sink hopefully gives me a buffer while at rest. This is meant to be run for over 2 hours continuous, also. R/C guy all the way -- brushless e-maxx!!
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    Let´s go military - 1D now with 4xMC-E + 2xR2 and one SST-90

    Re: Let´s go military - 1D with 5xMC-E + 2xR2 Those glowing emitters are getting 100 microamps (.1 milliamp) each? I never knew LEDs would glow at all with such a small current flowing through them. So they stay glowing "permanently" by giving them a constant source of 100 uA? Very cool!
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    My Frankenstein flashlights

    I love the one with the P7. So small, but yet it must be pretty darn bright. I would love to have something like that... totally freak people out. :thumbsup:
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    Homemade SSC-P7 bicycle helmet light

    Thank you :D I'm using a KD driver. How long it lasts is anyone's guess. Once it blows, I'll be getting the hipCC driver, though... :twothumbs Is there special settings I should use on my camera to get a beam shot? It turns pitch-black-night into day on the forest trails... that is for sure!!
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    Homemade SSC-P7 bicycle helmet light

    Took about a month of work, and I made slight modifications in the design as the build continued (as is evidenced by the places with the goop on the sides). I took it outside on a test run tonight, and it was like having a million-candle-power spotlight on the top of my head. Except this thing...
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    SSC P7 -DRIVER- heatsinking: how do I do it?

    Which part of the driver is getting the hottest? The diode or the FET? Should I focus on one particular part of the driver? I have some thermal tape here... will that work?
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    Crude little reading light (pics)

    I knew a guy that worked in the engineering lab with me at school, and he built a backlight to an LCD monitor with I believe 1,000 5mm LEDs. He soldered them all by hand! (with the help of a soldering iron of course ;) ) He used that super bright backlight to create a home-made wall-projector...
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    SSC P7 -DRIVER- heatsinking: how do I do it?

    I use the fan on the heat sink because the P7 gets HOT! I don't think it's helping the driver other then keeping the heat sink cooler then the driver. If I use separate heat sinks for the P7 and for the driver (with no fan), the driver heat sink warms up fairly quickly. While I agree rubber is...
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    SSC P7 -DRIVER- heatsinking: how do I do it?

    UPDATE: That blinking was because the battery was low... be nice if this driver came with an instruction sheet to tell me that. :thinking: :ohgeez: Having tightened the driver against the heat sink with that rubber as the intermediary much tighter, I was able to keep the driver at safe...
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    SSC P7 -DRIVER- heatsinking: how do I do it?

    I am looking at getting the hipCC driver now... looks good. lovecpf
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    SSC P7 -DRIVER- heatsinking: how do I do it?

    I am going to agree with you all on this one... as the driver still over heated while pressed against a huge heatsink 20 times the size of the driver board. After it 'warned' my of overheating, it is now permanently in the state of dimming to low, hi, low, hi forever. I can't believe they sell...
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    The Duracell AAA flashlight

    Duracell's have so much power, that energy can't help be seep out (in the form of light) :p
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    SSC P7 -DRIVER- heatsinking: how do I do it?

    Well I bit the bullet and decided to implement that rubber piece as an intermediary between the board and the heatsink. So far it appears to be transferring the heat reasonably well. I am going to readjust the board so it presses more evenly onto the rubber piece and see if that helps to...
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    SSC P7 -DRIVER- heatsinking: how do I do it?

    I have contacted the eBay seller about this rubber piece, and they have told me it is indeed for heat sinking. Anybody know what to do from there? Should there be use of thermal compound? etc?
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    SSC P7 -DRIVER- heatsinking: how do I do it?

    I have some Sekisui 5760 thermal tape. Will this be as effective as the thermal glue?
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    SSC P7 -DRIVER- heatsinking: how do I do it?

    I have this driver for my P7: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270418910126&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT I have read on this forum that the drivers will overheat within minutes (on high). I plan on using mine for 2-3 hours at a time. How exactly do I heatsink this driver? I am...

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