CRM wrote:disperse as much heat as poss, however mine is a bit scewed and not flat. find any copper plate to space it let me know

I have seen a few threads on other sites covering heat soak in regards to regulator/rectifiers, the whole point as you know is to disperse heat through the unit that's why they get so funking hot, one site suggested a copper plate and to me this makes sense as finding a flat surface on an NC isn't easy and it will transfer heat away from the unit much quicker...................I hope

CRM wrote:disperse as much heat as poss, however mine is a bit scewed and not flat. find any copper plate to space it let me know

This is what I have found and reasonable to I think
http://www.kernowcraft.com/products/met ... eBaseFeed1

Well after a little research I managed to get a new battery(Varta) and the R6 rectifier which turned up today. It's all fitted and working as it should, I will keep an eye on it over the next few days.
I just want to thank those who advised me on the problem and hopefully won't get left behind by my mates again heh

uber pikey wrote:Well after a little research I managed to get a new battery(Varta) and the R6 rectifier which turned up today. It's all fitted and working as it should, I will keep an eye on it over the next few days.
I just want to thank those who advised me on the problem and hopefully won't get left behind by my mates again heh

We didnt leave you, you choose not to follow us :p

glad its fixed, im not 100% if im coming this sunday or not at the mo.

uber pikey wrote:

CRM wrote:disperse as much heat as poss, however mine is a bit scewed and not flat. find any copper plate to space it let me know

This is what I have found and reasonable to I think
http://www.kernowcraft.com/products/met ... eBaseFeed1

What about using a heat sink from an old pc cpu cooler? A lot of them have copper bases and can be picked up for next to nothing. I think it would be a relatively easy process to modify one so you could mount a reg/rec to it.

I just thort you were a bit sloooooooow lol

Only kidding mate, glad you got it sorted