Re: where does all the extra current go?
From: tempus fugit (toccata_at_no.spam.ciaccess.com)
Date: 10/13/04
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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 23:10:20 -0400
No. Current is drawn, not pushed. It's kind of like having a well full of
water. You lower a bucket down there and draw what you need. The extra water
in the well is not going to force itself into the bucket until it bursts.
Think of it as having 1.5A available if you need it.
"anonymous" <anonymous@catfarm.com> wrote in message
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> WARNING - dumb question follows - WARNING
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> consider yourself warned.
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> So I have a nice transformer that puts out 25V and 1.5A. I want to step it
> down to 9V with some voltage regulators. The regulators say they are rated
> for 1A and 37V max (given proper heat sinking).
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> If the output of the regulator is drawing < 100mA - do I have to worry
about
> the remaining output from the transformer?
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