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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The good ones (hehe) have tabs that you can bolt
to.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=bob@toprudder.com href="mailto:bob@toprudder.com">Bob Richards</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 04, 2005 11:45
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: any merit in running dual
battery packs ?</DIV>
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<DIV>Dean,</DIV>
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<DIV>OK, did not realize that. Guess it would help if I had actually seen one
of the regulators before.</DIV>
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<DIV>Bob.</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Dean Pappas <<A
href="mailto:d.pappas@kodeos.com">d.pappas@kodeos.com</A>></I></B>
wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=675403314-04022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Hey Bob,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=675403314-04022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>It's a matter of solderability, Bob. Either you screw an aluminum
heatsink to the tab with the hole, or you solder a fin directly to the tab.
Some of the surface mount regulators take a solder-on
heatsink because they don't even have a screw
hole. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=675403314-04022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>later,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dean Pappas</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Sr. Design Engineer</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Kodeos Communications</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">111 Corporate Blvd.</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">South Plainfield, N.J. 07080</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-7817 phone</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-2392 fax</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">d.pappas@kodeos.com</FONT> </P>
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