4 Sep
2007
4 Sep
'07
4:11 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
The whole point of a regulator circuit is that the
output voltage is
independant of the input. Of course too high an input voltage will do
damage, and for linear regulator circuits they run hotter as the input
voltage increases. But I could well believe a reasonably designed
regualtor would work correctly on double the input voltage, particularly
on no load.
Well that may not be practical. Even with household AC you have your
voltage bouncing around -- here 120V to 130V. Playing around with a
high voltage supply @ 300V regulated I have about 475 peak volts.
I don't want to handle twice input that since my 1200 volt diodes will
go bang!
Ben alias Woodelf