3 Terminated regulator?????

[Ingo Debus]

Batz Goodfortune wrote:
> previous day. It was hot. The little 78L/79L regulators probably thermally
> shut down. With the addition of a quad op-amp package to the system for a
> balanced output, the little regulators were probably right on the edge. The
> whole thing should have been under 100mA but being on for a significant
> amount of time, saw them heat up just enough to go.

If the input voltage of the regulator is high enough, maybe you can
reduce the power disspation by lowering the input voltage (one or two
diodes in series with the input)?

Maximum power dissipation is 825mW at room temperature according to TI's
data sheet.

Ingo