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looking for a heatsink to apply on round tube...
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Posted by: oderus1671
as the title suggests, I have a peculiar need for a heatsink that can be applied to a round surface. Namely a small, approximately 1" round camera body. its a covert cctv camera that gets pretty hot. anyone ever heard of round application heatsinks? I have a few sinks from an old video card and a copper chipset sink lying around. is there any way to attach these to a tube???
Posted by: goranpaa
If you have a digital camera? Please take a photo of the tube and stuff. It will make it easier to understand what you're trying to do.
Posted by: redwench
sounds like the enclosure is poorly ventilated, rather than an overheating problem. but im guessing youll have to make/have made a heatsink for the camera.
Posted by: oderus1671
hey guys, the camera is simply a camera in a tube very similar to this...
http://store.pcsurveillance.net/EB330_p/eb330.htm
its just a round tube basically with a small camera stuffed in there. what im looking to do is make/buy some type of heatsink to pull the heat away from the top, similar to a heatsink for a chip on a PC. there is no enclosure, its simply placed under a door to view the room (thats another LONG story that I dont really care to go into!) Im just worried that the camera may get too hot and possibly melt the carpet under the door, as Im going away for a week.
Posted by: goranpaa
Why not get the Zalman videocard RAM heatsink kit? They have some kind of thermal tape on, that should be able fit them to the top of the cam. Or why not just simply rig a silent fan blowing over the camera? I guess, it does'nt need to be especially powerful.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16835118220
Or maybe this heatsink?
http://www.excesssolutions.com/cgi-bin/item/ES956
Posted by: oderus1671
thanks goranpaa, i was actually hoping to find a sink with a curved attachment point, but doesnt look like I will find one. I was wondering if maybe there was a way to bend a flat alluminum one?
Posted by: goranpaa
What if you placed a sink you have, on a piece of metal pipe. And tried to curv it slightly?
Aluminium is after all pretty soft.
Posted by: oderus1671
sounds like a good idea. i will try to heat it with a torch and bend it around a steel pipe. let you know how it goes. thanks!
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