"Rick C." wrote:

> A no load condition and a drop in voltage on the input
> of the78xx will blow it. I have seen some circuits with
> a diode placed across the 78xx, anode to the output, cathode
> to the input to protect it.

I've never seen this approach with 78xx regs - interesting. I've only
seen it with 317 types.

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