chrisf
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| posted on 25/3/06 at 07:38 PM |
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Rectifier mounting
I'm mounting my rectifier to the scuttle engine compartment panel. Is it better to mount the rectifier to a thick (say 5mm) plate, then bolt
that to the panel itself...
or
Is it better to try to get air to flow above and below the rectifier. I previously had the rectifier mounted about 5mm off the panel and had a
computer fan blowing down on it. But, I did manage to kill the rectifier...
--Thanks, Chris
[Edited on 25/3/06 by chrisf]
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ReMan
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| posted on 25/3/06 at 08:08 PM |
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I believe the general cocensus is that your new regulator is more robust than the standard Fireblade one.
If it was me I would mount it on a heatsink of some sort, like your ally plate and that should be able to cool to the air
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ChrisGamlin
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| posted on 25/3/06 at 08:38 PM |
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Try a good computer heatsink as well as a fan, and attach that to the bare side of the reglator, preferably with some heatsink paste. I had an old
Athlon heatsink on my blade rectifier (because Athlons of the time needed more cooling than Intels) with the fan rigged up and it lasted fine until I
sold the engine last year, so Ive done the same to the R1 rectifier on my new install.
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chrisf
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| posted on 25/3/06 at 10:51 PM |
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Gents:
Thanks for the reply. I hate to ask this, but when you say heatsink, what do you mean?
--Chris
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JoelP
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| posted on 25/3/06 at 11:11 PM |
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i mounted mine today. Its just cable tied to a bar, sort of swinging in the breeze.  zx9 rectifier includes a heatsink, ie metal vanes.
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shortie
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| posted on 26/3/06 at 07:52 AM |
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Chris,
The Superdream rectifier already has a heatsink (fins) on it, I would just mount it to the chassis, I'd see ho it goes without the fan as it
shouldn't need it now you have changed it.
Mine is mounted exactly like this and had no problems since I changed it for the superdream one.
Joel, worth noting that the rectifier gets hot enought to melt a cable tie!
HTH,
Rich.
[Edited on 26/3/06 by shortie]
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JoelP
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| posted on 26/3/06 at 09:33 AM |
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cheers rich, i'll have a fiddle with it today then! 
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ChrisGamlin
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| posted on 26/3/06 at 11:50 AM |
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Hi Chris
By heatsink Imean the aluminium / copper finned part that sits directly on top of the processor, with the fan on top
As the Superdream one already has fins / heatsink on one side then you might not need or be able to fit one, but on the standard blade rectifier it
seems to do the job.
Chris
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chrisf
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| posted on 26/3/06 at 03:49 PM |
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Ahh, I see what you're saying now. Many thanks gentlemen; this helped a lot.
--Chris
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shortie
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| posted on 26/3/06 at 06:28 PM |
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Chris,
Would be very interested how you get on with the wiring as obviosuly if it works fine then it may help others who have this type of wiring on their
rectifier.
ta,
Rich.
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chrisf
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| posted on 27/3/06 at 02:07 AM |
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Thanks Shortie. I'll wire it up late next week and will indeed post an update. I'm sure all will be well, though those additional two
wires have me a bit worried. I suppose the worse that can happen is that my entire wiring loom and all engine sensors can burn to the ground 
Out of curiosity, why does the the Superdream R/R need to feed a source such as the clocks? Personally, I hoped to feed into the fan--as that is the
cheapest electronics bit on the car.
--Chris
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