[Gllug] CPU heatsink question.

[Christian Smith]

On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Frank Scott wrote:

>> On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Jackson, Harry wrote:
>>
>> I thought WD40 was full of graphite, which is a reasonable conductor.
>>
>
>Well I don't know what's in it ( apart from petroleum distillates).
>
>But I've just stuck some in a small pot and tried to measure it's
>resistance with the test leads of my DVM about 1mm apart.
>
>I get a value of about 1Gohm. Not very conductive!

Hmmm, maybe all the solvents are responsible for the resistance. Try
spraying some on a non-conductive surface, let the solvents evaporate,
then measure the resistance of the residue.

>
>Frank
>
>

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