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BrianG · 04.07.2007, 07:06 PM

That sounds right: the jumper simply shunts the feedback resistor so the output will be whatever the IC is rated for, which is 5v. The reason why you aren't getting the full 6v is simply because the feedback resistor was not sized properly - could be as simple as the tolerance of the resistor.

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	04.07.2007, 07:06 PM That sounds right: the jumper simply shunts the feedback resistor so the output will be whatever the IC is rated for, which is 5v. The reason why you aren't getting the full 6v is simply because the feedback resistor was not sized properly - could be as simple as the tolerance of the resistor.