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BrianG · 03.11.2008, 04:55 PM

Yep. If a regulator is that small, has little or no heatsink, and is good for that high voltage and current, you can be certain it has to be a switching type of regulator. A linear regulator would need a gargantuan heatsink to stay cool for those specs.

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	03.11.2008, 04:55 PM Yep. If a regulator is that small, has little or no heatsink, and is good for that high voltage and current, you can be certain it has to be a switching type of regulator. A linear regulator would need a gargantuan heatsink to stay cool for those specs.