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Old 03-11-2005 | 08:01 PM
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Default RE: Voltage regulators
ORIGINAL: Jeremy300

You are going to get heat regardless of whether you use a DC-DC convertor or a linear regulator. Energy needs to be dissipated when stepping down voltage.
yeah but nowhere near as much with the DC-DC switcher.
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