Thank god for that - I was just about to rip out all my voltage = regulators and bury then in the back garden... Seemed like a good reason why I was loosing all my hair. Maybe it's old = age after all - doh ! -----Original Message----- From: Dale Botkin [mailto:dale@BOTKIN.ORG] Sent: 29 June 2002 20:25 To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [EE]: Voltage Regulators On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Olin Lathrop wrote: > It starts a runaway nuclear reaction that obliterates the regulator, = the > circuit board, and everything else within 20Km in a large fireball. = This is > generally considered "bad". > > That failing, the output voltage drops below spec. Could I be seeing things? I'd swear Olin just made a joke... 8-) Dale -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body