Heat Syncs Too Long ?

[El Tel]

Hi Guys/Gals

I've just completed the Moreplay upgrade and have noticed that the heat syncs are too long for me to be able to put a bottom cover on (which will have cooling holes).
The heat syncs are only about 2-3mm from touching the surface with the supplied feet on the base, and it is now impossible to put a bottom on as the heat syncs are too long.
Do you think it would be ok to take the heat syncs off to then allow me to shorten them ?
Many Thanks

 

[Jameson]

Don’t shorten the heat sinks.

The Moreplay bottom covers are new so we may have some kinks to work out. @Eric Bauder is checking this morning on shorter standoffs to see if they’re feasible there and if so we’ll ship them to you.

 

[Eric Bauder]

El Tel:

As Jameson stated the bottom cover is new. I built a moreplay and added the bottom cover and legs. Because of the issue you saw I added an upgrade to my Moreplay to see if I could come up with a solution. Here is crude word doc I quickly put together on what I did to make the upgrade fit within the confines of the base. Let me know if this helps.

 

[Eric Bauder]

By the way, do not take the heat sinks off. The 2 transistors are putting out a lot of heat and therefore need a large cooling plate to dissipate that heat.

 

[Paul Joppa]

The stock heatsink is 2 inches tall - designed to handle a 6BQ5 at 0.78 amps. If you stick with 6V6 tubes, drawing 0.45 amps, you can substitute the 1.5 inch version of the same heatsink, AAVID 5298.

n.b. - We haven't tested higher currents (yet) so that higher current is is not a spec, it's just a theoretical prediction. But there should be plenty of margin with 6V6's!