d5-100w crt

[Polaraligned]

The 3080 I believe, only comes in surface mount. Not too sure you are comfortable working with SM parts. You can use the 317, just add 2 series diodes to the output and they will drop the extra voltage at the expense of regulation. Once you get it dialed in, the regulation won't be a problem.

[timmy]

Originally Posted by Polaraligned

The 3080 I believe, only comes in surface mount. Not too sure you are comfortable working with SM parts. You can use the 317, just add 2 series diodes to the output and they will drop the extra voltage at the expense of regulation. Once you get it dialed in, the regulation won't be a problem.

So if I use the 317 I have to get it as low as possible which I think that regulator only goes down to 5 volts so at that point should I add several diodes in series until I get the correct voltage ? Because .55 is really nothing for voltage, lol.