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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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