I previously reported that the LM2596 regulator goes into thermal limiting after about a minute at 3 amps load. I ordered some small fans to try to cool the device. Upon experimentation this fan did not supply enough air to cool the device and prevent thermal limiting.
There are a couple of youtube videos that show using a sink sink on one of these units to prevent thermal limiting.
For example here. I am going to try mounting to a heat sink to try to duplicate their results. After that it will be a problem of where and how to mount the unit with heat sink.
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