[time-nuts] Thunderbolt mounting

[Magnus Danielson]

On 07/13/2012 02:06 PM, Peter Gottlieb wrote:
>     What caused me to pose the original question which started this thread
>     was that I noticed that the correction required very strongly tracked
>     the operation of my HVAC system operation.  Since the Thunderbolt is so
>     sensitive to ambient temperature and air movement, I thought that
>     getting it into a stable environment would be a good thing.  Now I
>     suppose one could put it into a highly insulated container with a
>     bidirectional Peltier temperature controller (I have some larger
>     examples of those), but really was wondering if there was an easier way
>     than that.

Be careful not to put a temperature gradient over the crystal.

Peltier element directly onto the OCXO may not be the smartest thing. 
Using the thunderbolt case is better.

Cheers,
Magnus