On Saturday 15 May 2004 08:53 am, Russell McMahon scribbled:
> A word of warning - while there may be some advantage in doing this, th=
ere
> is no free lunch.
>
> This practice reduces the dissipation in any one component but the over=
all
> dissipation is the same.
> If the regulators are on the same heatsink, the heatsink has to dissipa=
te
> as much energy as it would have had to if there had only been one
> regulator.



Absolutely agreed/understood/known.  The intention here was to eliminate =
the=20
need for a heatsink, or in the case of my breadboard, I do this to reduce=
 the=20
heat on each device to the point where I don't burn my fingers when I=20
occassionally touch it.  Of course in other circumstances, a heatsink is=20
needed still, and then doing this is not as beneficial.

Cheers,
-Neil

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