On Sat, 28 Nov 1998 08:09:08 PST cloudscraper@EXCITE.COM writes:
>2). My powersupply will be an old surplus "brick" 12VDC that is
>actually
>putting out about 14.2 volts. I was going to add a 660 ohm resistor to
>bring
>the voltage down to 13 - 13.5. Any flaws with that idea?

The wall wart's output probably decreases greatly with load.  Check the
output voltage with the expected load before adding resistors to drop the
voltage.

Mark Moss
Amateur Radio Operator, Technician, and General Tinkerer

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