Hi,
I am to reduce Vin to Vout but my current requirements are higher than the 1.5A that LM317 can supply. Hence I am using a transistor to provide this high current (8A) based on the high current circuit in the datasheet. Since the current is being provided by the transistor I do not want to put a large heat sink on the LM317 also and thus would like to reduce the current through it to a bare minimum enough t drive the base of T1. Will the resistor RL do the job?
Thanks
I am to reduce Vin to Vout but my current requirements are higher than the 1.5A that LM317 can supply. Hence I am using a transistor to provide this high current (8A) based on the high current circuit in the datasheet. Since the current is being provided by the transistor I do not want to put a large heat sink on the LM317 also and thus would like to reduce the current through it to a bare minimum enough t drive the base of T1. Will the resistor RL do the job?
Thanks
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