[sdiy] 7905 regulator "metal package"?

[Tim Parkhurst]

On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Oren Leavitt <obl64 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
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> cs e wrote:
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>> I've got a mc7905ck "-5V" reference IC here, its the wide "metal
>> package" version.  I cannot find a datasheet for this package type!
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>> I assume that the "metal case" itself is Ground, but I don't know
>> which pin is input and which is output.  I am afraid to "test it" and
>> destroy the device - because it is the only one I have right now and I
>> need to use it soon (can't wait to order another one).
>>
>> Any help?  If I wire it up backwards will I destroy it?
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> -5 volt 1A regulator in TO-3 case
> The metal case is the Input, pin 1 is Ground, pin 2 is Output
>

Oh, THAT metal package! That's much more likely. ;)


Tim (metal head) Servo
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