[sdiy] Re: Bypass caps

[Paul Perry]

If the frequency of he sawtooth blips is equal to the mains frequency, 
then you are seeing the input voltage to the regulator falling below 
the minimum headroom it needs. This can make a patch sound nice and 
growly..... but you don't want it ALL the time!

paul perry Melbourne Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Seb Francis" 
> Recently when I was trying to draw too much current from a 723 based PSU 
> (in my Oakley 3031) I saw a sawtooth type waveform on the power rail 
> (not going anywhere near 0V, just ramping over a small voltage range) - 
> but this was when drawing only just a bit more current than the set 
> limit,