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    Why was my thread tampered with ?

    Asking for general help... See the centre of the image posted ! I can only imagine a moderator did this to it. N/A...... Two many chefs and not enough cooks, you know the old saying. Long standing members will see what I'm on about. All the best fellow electronic hobbyists.
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    Inrush current smps.

    Thanks all for the help.
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    Inrush current smps.

    Yes it's a real smps, it was a surplus to requirements dell power brick, picture below. I thought I'd have a go at converting it for cb radio use. For that it works fine with an 80 channel radio and a 35 watt amplifier. I was just wandering if it could supply a larger amplifier with current. Say...
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    Inrush current smps.

    Thank you for the help AK. Yes I've tried adding a second lamp whilst the first lamp is already on. That trips the psu off. I've also tried two lamps from cold and connected, it won't power on from a loaded state with two lamps either. Testing the lamps resistance is approximately 1R0 each. So...
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    Inrush current smps.

    Hello to the community. Just looking for some, what might be simple information. I have an 18 Amp 12 Volt smps, I'm not 100% certain, but have an idea of what's going on. On adding load (halogen lamps) the psu can handle a single 50 watt 12 Volt lamp. But if i add a second 50 watt lamp in...
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    Current passing for regulator IC's

    I'm more than happy to comply with forum rules. I only used the term " Amplified current, because every site I've come across uses this term to explain a low or modest input power to a much higher output power by way of single or multiple pass transistors. But if its the way you term it, then sure.
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    Current passing for regulator IC's

    Yes i know about a 1 Amp or there abouts should be the limit. Although i have made up heavier hook up wire for point to point wiring on breadboards before. It didn't go to bad. And the same with copper strip board. I usually solder up continuous heavy tracks, and double or even treble up wiring...
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    Current passing for regulator IC's

    Thanks for your help with this. Yes i can see its quite a tall order to expect that much current from a 100mA linear regulator. If i could keep the current through a 1 Amp 7812 with a small heatsink, that would be doable on the prototype size board i plan using. Say with in 250mA if i can...
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    Current passing for regulator IC's

    Thank you Steve for your reply. I can see there's no single one answer to this resistor value. Looks like many variables, dependent on transistor type, current drawn, and input voltage after rectified and filtered. I do understand what you have explained. For me its probably best if i breadboard...
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    Current passing for regulator IC's

    I know any opposing is futile. I'm only saying as I've seen it mentioned in many other electronic sites. A quick Google does refer to current amplified. I would hop you wouldn't lock the thread at this point. I'm not quite there yet with a conclusion. I'm mostly a forum watcher from the side...
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    Current passing for regulator IC's

    Maybe the only way is to breadboard this to see, putting a couple of multimeters in circuit to read current under load conditions. As a novice I'm not sure if i can obtain 2 Amps output current using a 78L12 and a single pnp pass transistor. I look at the current pass circuit for LM723 circuits...
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    Current passing for regulator IC's

    Thanks for your reply. So it might not be possible to achieve a power output of 2 Amps with a 12L78 100mA regulator ? Just wandering if a darlington like a TIP147 would allow a better scenario for less current through the base emitter resistor. Would it be possible to increase the resistor value...
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    Current passing for regulator IC's

    Thank you for getting back to me. So what value would be a good starting point, if I'm using a 78L12 100mA voltage regulator ? I don't really won't to keep burning the regulator out, where by its drawing to much current. In short I'm trying to find the math formula to get the resistor value so...
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    Current passing for regulator IC's

    I think I'm getting some of it now. So its the voltage across the resistor that turns the transistor on ? So if the transistors base maximum voltage is say 5 Volts, i would won't it to switch on below that. Maybe 1 or 2 Volts to turn on the transistor for a current limit on the regulator of 50...
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    Current passing for regulator IC's

    This is where I'm unsure, in the picture below that circuits current says it conducts current above 600 mA , below that value the regulator is doing the work. So i don't understand how a 12 ohm resistor could get the transistor to switch on at 50 mA I'm not saying its wrong, more that i don't...
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