At 08:24 AM 5/7/01 -0500, you wrote:
>At 01:21 AM 5/7/01 -0700, Tim Thompson wrote:
>>The whole circuit is drawing like 70ma from the wall wart...
>>What do you mean about the dissipation?
>
>(Input voltage - output voltage)  * current = watts

Current (in this case) = input current = output current + regulator current
~= 75mA (assuming a 78xyy regulator).

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