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Old 06-19-2008, 11:12 AM   #345 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RuHaSs View Post
While we are on the subject of how harsh this environment is for electronics may I suggest LM2940T-5.0 as a replacement voltage regulator with the proper filtering.
Yes, the LM2940 has better specification data than 7805.
However, I believe the problem is caused by thermal overload protection.
I think we need some heat sink for the voltage regulator.
Would some tell us how hot the 7805 is?

Yoshi
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