At 01:12 PM 11/13/01 -0500, Tobie Horswill wrote:
>Won't the TO3 version have the same problems the TO-220 version has at Vin =
>24V ?
>
>Ideally I would like to have 1AMP at Vin=24V ...

It will have the same amount of heat to get rid of, but it will do a little
better at getting rid of it.
Assuming of course, a large external heatsink.

The switcher may even be less expensive than the reg and heatsink.

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