Sandra, I have manufacturing capabilities for both peel and stick, or glue down t/c , down to 0.001" dia wire. Let me know if I can help Russ Smith 407-291-2333 ---------- From: Sandra Davis To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Thermocouples on Hard Drives Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999 8:44PM Does anyone have any suggestions on how to best measure temperature of hard drive critical components? I am working from a more macro level, assembling hard drives into swappable sleds in electronic enclosures. Enclosure design may or may not be providing sufficient air flow past the hard drive HDA, and other chips commonly identified as U14, U5, etc. I am duct-taping stiff thermocouple wires onto the chip outer surfaces, and flipping the drive over and mounting it onto a sled (the thermocouples and exposed chips are wrapped by my metal sled). I'm then taking the other end of the wires, and with K connections, using a Fluke 52. Duct tape is horrendous for a thousand reasons. Adhesive with activator won't hold the stiff wire tip in place long enough to cure. I'm looking into thermocouple wires with self-adhesive tabs. Any added suggestions I'd greatly appreciate. Thank you, Sandra Davis Sandra R. Davis, Mechanical Engineer Artecon, Inc., 6305 El Camino Real, Carlsbad, CA 92009 Phone: (760) 931-5507, Fax: (760) 931-5527 email: [log in to unmask], URL: http://www.artecon.com ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################