Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!optilink!elliott From: elliott@optilink.UUCP (Paul Elliott x225) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: 12 to 9 volts dc (kinda long) Summary: STOP! DANGER, WILL ROBINSON! Message-ID: <5805@optilink.UUCP> Date: 27 Feb 91 23:21:11 GMT References: <1991Feb10.220719.17078@cbnewsl.att.com> Organization: Optilink Corporation, Petaluma, CA Lines: 21 In article , erk@americ.UUCP (Erick Parsons) writes: > ---------- > The circuit that you're thinking of is this (Very) basic regulator, > An Emitter follower or Current amplifier... This one uses a PNP, other > variations can be used. [design omitted] STOP! Don't build this! It won't work! I fully expect to be one of dozens replying in horror to this circuit, so I will stop here. In the remote chance that no one else covers the details, I will probably follow up. Ok, I will stop *here* ;-) -- Paul M. Elliott Optilink Corporation (707) 795-9444 {uunet, pyramid, pixar, tekbspa}!optilink!elliott "If I had known it was harmless I would have killed it myself." - P.K. Dick