Guest tjeffords Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 I'm looking for a LM317 Regulator that I can recycle out of a stockpile of old used electronics. and idea what items I could easily find them in. any and all help would be amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero999 Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Why not buy one? The LM317 is a cheap commonly available part. If you see one in an old piece of electronics then use it, but it may not be as reliable as a new one. You should always opt for new parts whenever possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tjeffords Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 I just figured that if I could use some recycled parts first to do test rns then if it works I would finalize it and build a final version with all new parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero999 Posted March 10, 2013 Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 That's probably not such a good idea.It's a fairly low cost part and if you're unlucky enough to find a bad one in an old piece of equipment, you could waste a lot of time fault finding. It's really best practise to use new and known good parts for a prototype. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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