Hi A regulator needs to be specifically designed for parallel operation. If it's not designed that way you will have a very hard time with it.
Bob On Jun 29, 2013, at 3:18 AM, Hal Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] said: >>> If one needs greater than 5 amps, the LM 1084 data >>> sheet shows how to easily parallel 2 or 3. > >> I suppose that the same philosophy would apply to getting more power with a >> 7805 farm. > > It may be a bit more complicated than that. You need some way to share the > load and you also need to make sure things are stable. > > The TI/National data sheet doesn't show anything about paralleling > regulators. The AD data sheet shows 2 ft of #18 wire between each regulator > and the load. > > I'm not enough of an analog guru to reverse engineer that setup and figure > out the stability constraints and transfer them to 78xx type devices. > > > > -- > These are my opinions. I hate spam. > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
