> At 07:09 PM 8/15/2003 -0500, Charles Craft wrote:
>
> >There's an issue with linear regulators when the output voltage
> >is higher than the input voltage. You might want to look at
> >adding diodes around the linears to discharge the output caps.
>
> There's no "issue", they don't go there.
> You can't get 24V output from 15V input, on a linear.

        I think the original poster was talking about a situation where the output
voltage is higher then the input voltage because of an effect OTHER then the
regulator. i.e. someone hooking a battery of higher voltage to the output of
the regulator. In the case of many linear regulators this would destroy the
regulator. TTYL

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