Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-27 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Bruce Griffiths wrote: Don Collie wrote: I`ve always wondered about noise from batteries - please tell us more Bruce!! [also wondered about noise from the electrolytic action of aluminium, and tantalum

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-27 Thread Magnus Danielson
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY From: Tom Clifton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:19:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Bill Hawkins
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY There is a concept in temperature control called feed-forward. In this case you would sample the supply line with an inverting amplifier and use it to increase the oven drive signal as the line voltage decreases. The goal is

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Don Collie
time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 12:29 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY The simple answer is if the heater supply in unregulated, and the supply changes, it will take a little while

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Don Collie
voltage regulators ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Magnus Danielson wrote: From: Bruce Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:42:51 +1300 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don Collie wrote

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Don Collie wrote: Bruce I don`t think the higher current created when a fuse is used instead of near-instantaneous current limiting is alleged, but rather a real problem that can cause damage further down the line. Fast

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Max Robinson
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators There is a concept in temperature control called feed-forward. In this case you would sample the supply line with an inverting amplifier and use it to increase the oven drive signal as the line voltage decreases. The goal is to keep

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Considering the efficiency and easy availability of switchmode supplies these days, I would never bother with a linear regulator in a new design. For instance national has a series of switch mode regulators (LM25xx) which

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: Considering the efficiency and easy availability of switchmode supplies these days, I would never bother with a linear regulator in a new design. For instance national has a series of switch mode

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread J.D. Bakker
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: Considering the efficiency and easy availability of switchmode supplies these days, I would never bother with a linear regulator in a new design. For instance national has a series of switch

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Pete
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Switchmode regulators really are risky for use in a low noise environment. Even if you can reduce input and output conducted noise to acceptable levels, the opportunity for magnetic coupling from the inductor to adjacent

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Pete wrote: Switchmode regulators really are risky for use in a low noise environment. Even if you can reduce input and output conducted noise to acceptable levels, the opportunity for magnetic coupling from the inductor

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY J.D. Bakker wrote: Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: Considering the efficiency and easy availability of switchmode supplies these days, I would never bother with a linear regulator in a new design. For instance national

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread SAIDJACK
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY In a message dated 10/26/2007 14:59:29 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That is a recipe for disaster if one wants a really low noise oscillator. This is particularly true if one is a beginner.

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Don Collie
27, 2007 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY I do have some experience with temperature controlled ovens. I found that a long term plot of the temperature while using an unregulated supply

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Bill Hawkins
: Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY I do have some experience with temperature controlled ovens. I found that a long term plot of the temperature while using an unregulated supply on the oven heater showed small

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Tom Clifton
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY This has been a fascinating and educational thread! I have always been aware of noise coming from switching regulators - just have Argo or Speclab look at your laptop's sound card with no input signal and there is plenty to

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Tom Clifton wrote: This has been a fascinating and educational thread! I have always been aware of noise coming from switching regulators - just have Argo or Speclab look at your laptop's sound card with no input signal

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Don Collie wrote: Great idea!!,Don C. Now all you need is a current limited bypass switch to protect the load. Such a switch is relatively easy to implement. Bruce

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Don Collie
] Parallel voltage regulators ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Tom Clifton wrote: This has been a fascinating and educational thread! I have always been aware of noise coming from switching regulators - just have Argo or Speclab look at your laptop's

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Don Collie wrote: I`ve always wondered about noise from batteries - please tell us more Bruce!! [also wondered about noise from the electrolytic action of aluminium, and tantalum electrolytic capacitors, and wondered

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-26 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Don Collie wrote: I`ve always wondered about noise from batteries - please tell us more Bruce!! [also wondered about noise from the electrolytic action of aluminium, and tantalum electrolytic capacitors, and wondered

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-25 Thread Bruce Griffiths
of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 5:42 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators Show me where that is actually guaranteed on the datasheet. Only the inexperienced and the gullible fall into the trap of assuming every

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-25 Thread Don Collie
: Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators Don Collie wrote: Bollocs, Bruce! If National say it will do it, you can bet that it will. An LM338K will do the job too, but in my opinion it`s overkill, and in the event of a short circuit on the output of the regulator the current

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-25 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Don Collie wrote: Hi Bruce, I`ve got the National Semiconductor Corporation Voltage Regulator Handbook [1982]. On page 3-3, the leftmost graph shows the LM117/217/317 as having its current limit, with a junction

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-25 Thread Magnus Danielson
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY From: Bruce Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:51:47 +1300 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-25 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Magnus Danielson wrote: From: Bruce Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:42:51 +1300 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don Collie wrote: Hi Tom

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-24 Thread Alan Melia
: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators A question for those that might know (or have an opinion)... I have in hand an LPRO rubidium reference that requires 1.7 amps at 24 volts while the oven warms, dropping to 500ma while it runs. Can I parallel three or four 7824 TO220 style 1 amp

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-24 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Alan Melia wrote: Hi Tom I dont think you need the resistors these are current limited and the sense is inside the chip so the resistors dont do anything (you are thinking of a negative feedback effect). All that happens in

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-24 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Magnus Danielson wrote: It is not that hard to acheive 2 A at 24 V after all. The old uA723 and variants would probably do the trick good enought for you with external transitor(s). I recommend to at least include

[time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-24 Thread Kit Scally
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Tom C, As Bruce notes below, the LM338K is a 5 amp job with a 35v max DC input rating. Just allow adequate heatsinking otherwise the 338 will foldback due to over temperature. There's plenty of on-line help to select the

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-24 Thread christopher hoover
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Tom Clifton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A question for those that might know (or have an opinion)... I have in hand an LPRO rubidium reference that requires 1.7 amps at 24 volts while the oven warms, dropping to 500ma while

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-24 Thread Tom Clifton
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Thanks for all the good feedback! Looks like the LM388 is the way I'm to go. Got to toddle off to the local surplus shop in the morning to see what they have in the goodie bin. If they don't have it eBay is full of them. Tom

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-24 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY christopher hoover wrote: Tom, Most of the oven circuits will tolerate a significant sag in potential during warm-up as long as the supply doesn't cut out. I've often run OCXO's and Rb's off a wimpy bench supply when my

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-24 Thread Brooke Clarke
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi Tom: When I had that problem a work around was to parallel a battery with the power supply (using a diode). The battery supplies the extra current while the oven warms up. If the power supply voltage is a little higher

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-24 Thread Don Collie
. A single one of these should do the job OK. Cheers!,.Don Collie jnr. - Original Message - From: Tom Clifton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 12:33 PM Subject: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators ); SAEximRunCond

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-24 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Don Collie wrote: Hi Tom, If you really want to regulate the oven`s supply voltage, my National Voltage Regulator handbook shows that the LM317T will supply over 2 Amps, with an input/output differential of between 5,

Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators

2007-10-24 Thread Don Collie
time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 5:42 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Parallel voltage regulators Don Collie wrote: Hi Tom, If you really want to regulate the oven`s supply voltage, my National Voltage Regulator handbook shows that the LM317T will supply over 2 Amps