On Tuesday, 26 September 2017 17:26:46 UTC+1, T i m wrote:
On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 06:46:01 -0700 (PDT), tabbypurr wrote:

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Understood. I was thinking more on the idea of when using a lower
voltage zener to be well clear of the lower voltage levels being
considered and then the potential divider to set the FSD when the
input is 15V?

And also, wouldn't the impact of the battery voltage changing from say
10.5 to 14.4V be lessened (re the series current limiting / biasing
resistor) if the voltage difference between the reference and the
supply is greater?

That seemed like the best of all worlds (for the KISS solution)?


You want a zener with a nice straight line at the low current end. One linked to from here has that.


Yeah, ok ... but what about the question re using a lower value zener
to get it away from the 'knee', especially as it's no more difficult
to do?

Cheers, T i m

The zeners with the straightest knee are at 9-10v. Go look at the linked data sheets.


NT