MOTM

The heat sink compound required for the 420 filter kit, does it matter
if that's silicon or non-silicon?  

http://www.hmcelectronics.com/cgi-bin/scripts/product/3480-0008/
http://www.hmcelectronics.com/cgi-bin/scripts/product/8591-0060/

Also, are there any other kits that require it?  If not, then I might
just try to buy it in the little 1-gram packets instead:

http://www.mouser.com/search/refine.aspx?Ntt=heat+sink+compound

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John Neilson                                           jneil@...

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I use the silicone based kind you can get a Radio Shack for quite a bit less than any of those prices. I don t think it matters if it s silicone or not. And

> The heat sink compound required for the 420 filter kit, does it matter
> if that's silicon or non-silicon?  
> 
> http://www.hmcelectronics.com/cgi-bin/scripts/product/3480-0008/
> http://www.hmcelectronics.com/cgi-bin/scripts/product/8591-0060/
> 
> Also, are there any other kits that require it?  If not, then I might
> just try to buy it in the little 1-gram packets instead:
> 
> http://www.mouser.com/search/refine.aspx?Ntt=heat+sink+compound
> 
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> John Neilson                                           jneil@...
> 

a) either one will work fine
b) all kits that use a TEMPCO resistor need some.

Paul S.