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From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Power supply design
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.182252.21077@athena.cs.uga.edu>
Date: 18 Jun 91 18:22:52 GMT
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See THE ART OF ELECTRONICS or the ARRL Handbook.  Let me know what
circuit you are using and I'll be glad to help you work something
out. Remember that the transformer must deliver full voltage _under_load_
and that overvoltage is OK; in fact that's what the regulator is
supposed to take care of.

I wouldn't use a 3-amp regulator on a load that is drawing 3 amps
continuously. It pays to be conservative.

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