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Suggestions for dropping resistor on LM78 regulator
I’m trying to repair a magnetic stirplate (see http://staff.washington.edu/wbeaty/chem_stir.html). I found that in one part of the circuit it fails to deliver 12V. I’ve draw part of the circuit below:
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What are the disadvantages of using a Zener diode over a linear voltage regulator?
I wonder why a Zener diode is worse than linear voltage regulator.
Some of the posts online mentioned that because of the power dissipating problem. Zener diodes keep consuming a large amount of ...
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Zener Diode vs LM78XX
To get, say 5VDC, from the AC mains, after stepping down the high AC voltage using a transformer, we have to rectify it and regulate the output DC voltage. As I have seen, there seems to be two ...
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