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

[camra88]

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 above mentioned heatsinking for 2.5 hours at High output with no over heating (then the batteries ran out of juice).

The heat transfer is working fine for me -- others have seem to be less fortunate than myself evidenced from the replies on this thread.

 

[old4570]

Potting the driver ?

I have the KD driver , and am simply planning on potting it .

Just waiting on a heatsink , and then I will start the build .

1st I will mount the LED on the heatsink [ SSC P7 ] and then test various drivers , When testing I will see where the heat comes from , and then I may pot it .

I hope to try 3 driver options , 1 x KD and 2 x Sandwich . 2.4/2.6A - and 3.8A.

 

[camra88]

Potting the driver ?

I have the KD driver , and am simply planning on potting it .

Just waiting on a heatsink , and then I will start the build .

1st I will mount the LED on the heatsink [ SSC P7 ] and then test various drivers , When testing I will see where the heat comes from , and then I may pot it .

I hope to try 3 driver options , 1 x KD and 2 x Sandwich . 2.4/2.6A - and 3.8A.

What do you mean by "potting it"?

 

[old4570]

Potting Driver / I believe this is when you encase the driver with epoxy , some use silicone , or hot glue .

Im going to try epoxy .