[TenTec] Is there a beefier 2N5301?

[Duane - N9DG]

--- Denton <denton at oregontrail.net> wrote:

> Begs the question....why is the crowbar's clamp typically
> put across the 
> output of a power supply instead of across the filter cap?

Because in many cases it is the pass transistor itself
failing (shorted) that is the failure mode which causes the
overvoltage to appear on the output lead.

Regulator failures from what I can tell are less frequent in
occurance.

Duane
N9DG


 
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