[sdiy] Weird Ripple Voltage

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Sunday 06 April 2008 00:04, mike ruberto wrote:
> Got it! I case I missed something I started working my way back into
> the power supply from the rectifier and noticed a very large spike on
> the base of a pass transistor. Changed the transistor and problem
> solved.
>
> Very strange, because the output voltages were correct with the faulty
> transistor. This turned out to be an interesting challenge. Learned a
> little something about snubber circuits because of it too.
>
> Mike

Do you know what the problem was with the transistor?


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