[UFO Chicago] Short Post-Meeting: The voltage regulator

[jordanb at hafd.org]

The voltage regulator in my lamp is a L4940V12.

To answer nate's question, it is connected to ground and power dissipation
is "internally regulated." As long as the input voltage does not exceed
30V, the device will not have trouble dissipating power.

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