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From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman)
Newsgroups: net.analog,net.micro
Subject: Re: question about Lamda power supplies
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Date: Sun, 6-Apr-86 11:41:29 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr  6 11:41:29 1986
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Summary: No minimum load for switchers

In article <196@sfsup.UUCP>, jeffj@sfsup.UUCP (J.S.Jonas) writes:
> 
> I am using Lamda LVS-8-12 and LUS-9-5 power supplies.  Since these are
> switching power supplies, do I have to supply a minimum load?
> The built-in LED indicator seems to make it well behaved with no load.

	A well-designed switching power supply has good regulation and a small
internal load, and therefore requires no minimum external load for stability.
Lambda certainly makes well-designed power supplies.

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