Heatsinking the HP-UHU

[H.O]

Hi,
As those of you who have assembled and disassembled the HP-UHU a few times probably know, it can be a bit tricky to do since there aren't any access-holes in the board to reach the screws for the MOSFETs.

At first I thought it wasn't that bad but after taking it apart a few times during the initial debugging I got tired of it a decided a better way was needed. So I came up with the following:


Here's two "clamps" that fit across the MOSFET's on the bottom side of the HP-UHU board.





They have three M3 threaded inserts each that is used to clamp the MOSFETs to the aluminum backplate:



Here's a closeup:



And here's the back-side of the alu-plate, all holes countersunk...



Then comes the big old heatsink. I've attached a piece of aluminum sheet-metal that serves as a mounting bracket:


And here's the finished 'package':


Hopefully this will help other HP-UHU builders out there, thanks for looking.

/Henrik.

[contactirfu]

HI Henrik, do you have the dimensions of the clamps? or a drawing you could post ,

any ways thanks for the brilliant ideas!

RGDS
Irfan

[H.O]

Hi Irfan,
Yes, I have drawings for the backplate and the clamps - just need to clean them up a bit....then I'll upload them here.

Thanks!

/Henrik.

[contactirfu]

how did you fix the 7805 henrik?

[H.O]

Hello,
The 7805 is mounted with M3 screw and nut from the back of the plate, it's quite easy to reach in with a pair of pliers to access the nut so I didn't bother making a clamp for it.

Attached are two drawings, one for the clamps and one for the backplate. Please note that the hole for mounting the 7805 regulator is missing in the drawing...

/Henrik.

[HJozsi]

Great job Henrik, congratulation!
And thanks for the super documentation and photos ...

Jozsi

[contactirfu]

Hi Henrik, are you using any thermal conductive paste between the flat Alu plate and the bigger heat sink?

RGDS
Irfan

[H.O]

Irfan,
Yes and no.... There's no thermal paste applied at the moment but I'm going to add that once I'm certain I'm not going to take it apart again.

Thanks!

[youngjim]

Originally Posted by H.O Irfan, Yes and no.... There's no thermal paste applied at the moment but I'm going to add that once I'm certain I'm not going to take it apart again. Thanks!

You could use Arctic Silver 5 which is popular for computer heatsinks; it works very well, and is not sticky. The tube looks pretty small but it goes a long way, you only need a very thin layer. Jim

[contactirfu]

Originally Posted by youngjim You could use Arctic Silver 5 which is popular for computer heatsinks; it works very well, and is not sticky. The tube looks pretty small but it goes a long way, you only need a very thin layer. Jim

i use something call pate340

its good, but I would like a pad, which I would cut to what ever size i want and paste it on the Alu heatsink, just a matter of comfort!

RGDS
Irfan

[kreutz]

Great idea!!!, Simple and beautiful.

Congratulations!!

Kreutz

[jcdammeyer]

Originally Posted by H.O Hello, The 7805 is mounted with M3 screw and nut from the back of the plate, it's quite easy to reach in with a pair of pliers to access the nut so I didn't bother making a clamp for it. Attached are two drawings, one for the clamps and one for the backplate. Please note that the hole for mounting the 7805 regulator is missing in the drawing... /Henrik.

Hi Henrik,

What type of material did you use for the clamps?

Thanks
John