What to use instead of plastic insulation sheet for A4000?

[johnim]

i offered some at amimeet but no one took any

 

[roy_bates]

i offered some at amimeet but no one took any

seriosly?,i had half yours when i came round

 

[johnim]

oh yea roy

 

[AndyLandy]

Any that have writings on it. graphite is conductive.

Sorry, I thought it went without saying that you shouldn't use cardboard that's covered in conductive material!

The kind of cardboard used to make breakfast cereal boxes is probably ideal. I use cut up cereal boxes when I'm running bare motherboards on the table. If you don't want your Amiga to say "Frosties" underneath, just buy some cheap card from somewhere.

 

[rkauer]

Just to inform: the original material used is "mylar paper" (polyester sheet), the very same used in electric motors.

 

[bdb]

Hobby supply places (such as Michael's or the "Hobby Lobby" in the states) carry these plastic sheets in various sizes and using a paper cutter and hand hole punch can make identical copies of the insulator sheets and A4000D expansion sheet; the A3000 is trickier.

 

[ElectroBlaster]

Those chopping board things look like a good idea, just bought some

I also tend to save the insulation layers from burnt out power supplies etc! you never know when a small bit of this stuff will come in handy!