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Default LM317 Votage Regulator Instability?

On 07/14/2016 11:47 AM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:35:32 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

Maybe you blew up the
LM317?


Don't see how that's possible, Jeff, since it's still happy to supply
passive loads that are much heavier, and at a rock solid stable output
voltage.


Jeff's point is you are at the maximum recommended input voltage,
anything changing there and the device will go south,( east, west, or
north - ) which may prove catastrophic.

John :-#(#

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