Yes, you can feed it 24V (per the spec sheets max) - I am using one right
now tied off a 24 volt @ CT transformer (need a pic for certain controls)
and it works beautifully, but it does get very warm / borderline hot - so if
you are feeding it that much be sure to have a heatsink.

-Tony
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From: "Luberth Dijkman" <Luberth@GEOCITIES.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 8:27 AM
Subject: [EE]:Question about L7805 Voltage regulator


> Hello,
>
> Could someone tell me if it is allowed to use +24VDC as input for L7805
> Voltage regulator
>
> Some kits say input voltage 8 to 15 Volt
> What i can make up from the L7800.pdf maximum for L7805 = 35V
> or am i wrong
> can i use 24VDC as input???
>
>
> Luberth
> Dutch is my mothers language ;-)
> Http://luberth.com
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