J
John
- Jan 1, 1970
- 0
I'll be using TO-247 aluminum oxide insulators between some MOSFETs
and their heat sinks and wanted to get a safety-related reality check.
I've checked the MSDS for aluminum oxide and it seems that as long as
I avoid breathing any dust and wash thoroughly after touching the
insulators, I'm OK.
But, I want to do some measurements of the MOSFET's case temperature
and need to grind a hole in the insulator. I have the Dremel and the
grinding bits to do it, but before I started I wanted to make sure I
did this carefully enough.
Will simply doing this outside in a decent breeze, or thoroughly
venting the dust if inside, be enough? Assuming I have safety glasses
on, etc.
One other question...
Has anyone actually experienced skin irritation to aluminum oxide
insulators? I can how a powder could do that but was wondering just
how nasty these insulators were to handle.
Thanks!
and their heat sinks and wanted to get a safety-related reality check.
I've checked the MSDS for aluminum oxide and it seems that as long as
I avoid breathing any dust and wash thoroughly after touching the
insulators, I'm OK.
But, I want to do some measurements of the MOSFET's case temperature
and need to grind a hole in the insulator. I have the Dremel and the
grinding bits to do it, but before I started I wanted to make sure I
did this carefully enough.
Will simply doing this outside in a decent breeze, or thoroughly
venting the dust if inside, be enough? Assuming I have safety glasses
on, etc.
One other question...
Has anyone actually experienced skin irritation to aluminum oxide
insulators? I can how a powder could do that but was wondering just
how nasty these insulators were to handle.
Thanks!