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- From: whit@carson.u.washington.edu (John Whitmore)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: 12 v -> 3v, 0.6 a
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.005442.11157@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 00:54:42 GMT
- Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov13.005442.11157
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- In article <1992Nov12.083015.16121@bernina.ethz.ch> schaerer@isi.ethz.ch (Thomas Schaerer) writes:
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- >If you generate a stabilized voltage with a linear-mode- or switched-
- >mode-power-supply you are never shure if the circuit goes damaged in
- >worst case. About this you must think, because a CD-Player is an
- >expensive device. You shold save your CD-Player with an additional
- >power-zener of about 3.6V and a fast-fuse in serie of it.
-
- The zener might be a good idea, but the fuse isn't. The
- LM317 is internally limited, it NEVER will blow that fuse.
- The LM317M would be internally limited at circa 750 mA, and
- would be more dependable than most fuses (as well as faster
- acting).
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- If the application needs more than 500 mA (measured),
- use an LM317; if it needs less, the LM317M or LM317H will do.
- The original post mentioned 600 mA, but that could have been a
- maximum, not an average current draw.
-
- John Whitmore
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