[chbot] Sticking SMD LEDs to alu

[Charles Manning]

A thin layer of epoxy?

Jaycar has double sides tape stuff specifically designed for gluing on
heatsinks it works well.



On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Volker Kuhlmann <list0570 at paradise.net.nz>
wrote:

> I have a pile of warm-white LEDs that'd be good for small lighting
> applications, like the corner of a cupboard. Some are straight SMD (but
> not tweezer size), some are mounted on a small ceramic/etc plate.
> Basically, all lighting LEDs are SMD because that's the only way to get
> the heat off.
>
> Ideally I'm imagining a sticky heatsink compound because it deals with
> both mechanical and heat problems. Has anyone tried that? And what's the
> recommendation for which compound to use...? There's lots of stuff on
> aliexpress, but how to avoid wasting time and money on too cheap stuff
> isn't obvious.
>
> Thanks muchly,
>
> Volker
>
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