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Old 05-19-2011, 07:50 PM   #4762 (permalink)
Greg Fordyce
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Wow Greg, sounds like you have a SAWEET setup!
Range so far is a confirmed 54 miles, but I should be able to get better than 80 miles. The 50 watt bulb is a bit slow to precharge, I may start using 2 in parallel. I've stuck a couple cpu heatsinks on that were lying around, hasn't helped much, but they are pretty wimpy. My plan is to drill and tap the 150mm x 300mm x 40mm heatsink I got for 6mm bolts. This will mean no nuts on the bottom, just screw straight into the heatsink. I've found some bolt insulators, just have to find long enough bolts.

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What's the ambient temp in Scotland?
I'm originally from California and when we are having a nice summer day here I like to joke "This is like a fine winters day in LA!" hahaha. Thanks for the link, mine is getting warmer than that, so I have been taking it easy till I get it sorted.
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