[sdiy] using +/-15V supply with +/-12V gear

[harry]

OK I'll bite...

The TO-92 package with the thermal resistance from hell  ???

Quite unforgiving to a fault... I'd use the TO-220 package anytime...
unless
I could not stand the size.

H^)  harry

ps. of course it is thermal protected... but that is a last ditch effort
to save its own
@ss... you never want to see it go there....

"jh." wrote:

> > > Cheapest way to do it is using a 78L12 and 79L12 pair.
> >
> >
> > Hmmm...  I won't rely on these little crappy things (the low power
> > series). Use the standard 7812 & 7912, less trouble.
>
> Personally I (almost) never use +/-12V, and for +/-15V low current
> applications there is this wonderful RC4195.
>
> But, excuse me, what exactly is the problem with the 78L series ??
>
> JH.