Copaslip thermal conductivity?

[skatefreak]

Afternoon all.
Well, changed the reg/rec on the CBR600 and this one gets pretty hot to although it is a repo of the standard one.
Anywho, someone has scored the plate where the reg is situated (not going to ask) and am thinking some copaslip between there will help transfer some of the heat from the reg.

Anyone tried this?

-Jvr

[Shinigami]

i'm gonna be mounting my new reg/reg with some cpu cooling compound in hopes it lasts a bit longer
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[skatefreak]

Yep,
CPU Cooling paste would be nice (and i will throw a fan on there as my brother has loads of them) but I need to use the bike tomorrow and taking it for a 10 minute ride and the reg got really hot (due to the scoring behind the reg I don't think there is a huge amount surface contact going on...).
Doing a little googling reveals some think it has decent thermal conductivity.
The copper element will be good no doubt but copaslip does has an oil element to it and I'm not 100% sure if this will help/hinder the thermal conductivity.

Will have a stab and see how it goes.
Cheers for the reply though.

-Jvr

[Robby]

The effect will be negligible. If you want to have a decent reg/rec, get a MOSFET one, they don't break. Don't worry too much about additional cooling and heat sinking, some standard reg/recs will just go on for ages, and some will fail in a few months.

[Walloper]

Copperslip will just be squeezed out and run off when heated.

the bolt should carry off enough heat.
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[Shinigami]

i'll be looking at a mosfet one if (or more likely when) the next reg/rec fails
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[ZebraDriver]

Walloper. Where do you buy your copaslip from? The real stuff, made by Molyslip is suitable for use up to 1100 degrees C, thats why you can put it on the back of brake pads to help prevent brake squeal. Perhaps the reg/rect on your bike needs checking out if its getting to temperatures where it melts.

ZD

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[Walloper]