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mm wrote:
I've got a few home built bits on my car with standard voltage regs
with no high voltage protection - they mostly are designed for peaks of
around 40 volts, IIRC. The chances are the TV has internal voltage
regulation too.

Maybe not since they only provided for 4 AA battery operation.

Not much these days will work efficiently on raw volts from alkaline cells.

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