Re: Newbie: Zerner diode voltage regulator ?


"hdjim69" <hdjim69@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm self teaching myself electronics

Hmm... this is quite different then what I had envisioned happening
with the no current passing thru the zener until breakdown. I'm still
trying to get a grasp on what's happening on all the interactions
between components here. I wish there was an educational animation type
program that showed you in SLOW motion exactly how the current flowed,
voltage, reaction of components etc. Now that would be a great learning
tool. Anyway, I'll go pound my head against the wall a few more
times and I'm sure I will finally pound it in there. :)

Thanks everyone for their response.

J

Forget the animations and sims. Way, way, way better to just connect a
resistor and Zener across a power supply and look at the output voltage,
while you vary the PSU. Feel the Zener body temperature, watch for the
smoke.



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