Thanks! Hm. This one is running at 50c, which is actually quite warm. Maybe ones that blow up run hot, I'll have to wait till I get another one.
In the meantime I now know what blows up Neptunes and probably titans (Note: NEVER move a hot or running unit, let them cool first) and can fix blown Neptune boards that don't talk back to the controller. It's a bit of a bitch to do, but for a blown Titan it's probably well worth it.
Now back to working on the water cooled Neptune. Having conformal coating on my water blocks (used to mount them on backs of boards) is cutting the efficiency. Likewise the chips run hotter than the temp sensors say, watch out....
Lightfoot, any thoughts on applying a conformal coating to the titan PCB?
I run mine in unconditioned space and I am near salt water, do you think it is a good idea to apply in this situation?
risk vs reward, some loss of heat transfer vs protecting circuit from the environment -- I won't be applying it to any heatsinks, just the pcb -- I know from soldering this board that it is pretty tough, maybe conformal isn't necessary, ie a lot of work for minimal reward -- what do you think?
txSteve
