Rewinding a MOT for high current low voltage DC supply
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Adam Munich
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I wouldn't put LM338's in parallel. They're like LEDs. They try to hog all the current and end up exploding themselves.
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HazzWold 1993
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Grenadier wrote ...
I wouldn't put LM338's in parallel. They're like LEDs. They try to hog all the current and end up exploding themselves.
Wouldn't each one having its own resistor make them share it though?
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Adam Munich
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It might, but that would lower the current carrying ability of the system.
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