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- From: cyberman@toz.buffalo.ny.us (Cyberman)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: 12 v -> 3v, 0.6 a
- Message-ID: <gate.1784TB1w165w@toz.buffalo.ny.us>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 07:33:47 GMT
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- Roderick Young entitled a message as 'Re: 12 v -> 3v, 0.6 a',
- RY> You car battery could put out as much as 14-15V sometimes. Let's say
- RY> 13V. That means a (13-3 = 10V) drop across this linear regulator. At
- RY> 600 mA, that's 6 WATTS. It might work, if you use the TO-3 version,
- RY> and a very good heat sink. You might consider putting a 8-ohm, 10-watt
- RY> resistor in series with the LM317 input to disspate some of the power.
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- "good" idea
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- RY> I actually used a (surface mount) LM317 to drop 12V to 5V, as less
- RY> current than you specify. The chip got so hot, it melted its own
- RY> solder!
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- How much current were you drawing?
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- Stephen Cyberman@Toz.Buffalo.NY.US
- Mangled on Wed 11-11-1992 at 16:16:18
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