Hoot I need some help

[Mord-Sith]

Hey I just go a lm338k in the mail today but it only has 2 prongs. I would asume that you need v in v out and adjust ... can you tell me whats what.

 

[Mord-Sith]

bump

 

[Mord-Sith]

lol I love when I post a question to hoot and all these people look at it but none of them have the answer No offence guys but thats why it says Hoot in the topic.

 

[Richard]

Then why don't you PM him instead?

Mord-Sith (Jul 31, 2001 09:59 p.m.):
lol I love when I post a question to hoot and all these people look at it but none of them have the answer No offence guys but thats why it says Hoot in the topic.

 

[Mord-Sith]

On the odd chance that somone might actualy know the answer. There has to be at least 10-20 EE people visiting this board every day. and the lm338k is a comon voltage regulator.

 

[William]

I haven't seen Hoot. he just became a mod so he must be on a vacation.

 

[AmbientFiction]

William (Aug 01, 2001 12:23 a.m.):
I haven't seen Hoot. he just became a mod so he must be on a vacation.

lmao

 

[Richard]

So I take it you got this one.

http://www.national.com/ads-cgi/viewer.pl/ds/LM/LM138.pdf

Here's a better picture.

http://us.st.com/stonline/prodpres/standard/vregs/positive/lm338.htm

 

[Mord-Sith]

Richard IS THE MAN... The case is the v out alright.

Hey thanks alot... That is a great webpage.

 

[Hoot]

I've been laid low by a virus (physical). Burning the candle in three or four places at the same time takes its toll. Not enough sleep, suck diet, work pressure, etc, caught up with me. I'm on the mend now. Sorry it took so long for you to get your answer.

Hoot

 

[Mord-Sith]

No problem man .. Slow answer is better then dead Hoot

 

[Richard]

I don't know if you've seen this before, but I thought I'd pass this site along too.

http://casemods.pointofnoreturn.org/vregtut/tutorial-1.html

Modify: I know this is a real basic tutorial, but I thought it might give a few helpful ideas.

Mord-Sith (Aug 01, 2001 08:16 a.m.):
Richard IS THE MAN... The case is the v out alright.

Hey thanks alot... That is a great webpage.

 

[Mord-Sith]

Thats a great tutorial. I realy like seing people build voltage regulators instead of using rheos.

Also if you attach an led (with resistor) accross fan+ and fan- you get a light indicator that gets brighter or dimmer dending on your fan speed.

Put 4 of these on 1 board and you have the exact same fan bus that pcnut charges 50+ bucks for. For a total cost of about $12