On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Russell McMahon wrote:

*>> Add a 7912 regulator before the 7905. This will reduce the ripple and
*>> spread the heat. You can put it on the same heatsink or on another (beware
*>> the tab on 79xx is not ground).
*>
*>It will spread the heat to another component (the 7912) BUT if they are on
*>an identical heatsink as before the heatsink temperature will be the same as
*>before. This may be acceptable but be aware of this.

Yes but the temperature inside each device won't be as before. He said it
works but it's a little too hot. Now it will be less hot for each device
but equally hot for the whole ;-)

Peter

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