Frosty_47
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Hello every one!
I am trying to limit the current down to anywhere between 2.5A-3A. Basically, I like to limit the current to my Pettier Cooler that I like to use to chill my over clocked CPU. I don't want to use a resistor because that would be to inefficient and a lot of heat would be generated. I would like to use LM350 regulator to limit the current. I found this in the datasheet...
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Will that work for LM350 as well ? If it works, than the 0.4Ohm resistor should only dissipate around 3.6 Watts + 3.75 Watt regulator dissipation. So the total heat dissipation should be around 7.35 Watts than ?. If my calculations are accurate than this is much better than using a resistor to limit the current. Or is it ?
Thanks,
Andrew Frost
I am trying to limit the current down to anywhere between 2.5A-3A. Basically, I like to limit the current to my Pettier Cooler that I like to use to chill my over clocked CPU. I don't want to use a resistor because that would be to inefficient and a lot of heat would be generated. I would like to use LM350 regulator to limit the current. I found this in the datasheet...
**broken link removed**
Will that work for LM350 as well ? If it works, than the 0.4Ohm resistor should only dissipate around 3.6 Watts + 3.75 Watt regulator dissipation. So the total heat dissipation should be around 7.35 Watts than ?. If my calculations are accurate than this is much better than using a resistor to limit the current. Or is it ?
Thanks,
Andrew Frost