Attached is a circuit I found online using an L165 to create Bipolar power supply. Did a quick test with about 30v DC regulated power supply.
Getting about 7v on the + side and 18v on the - side, and an L165 that gets hot very quickly.
Is this one of those wild circuits that somebody threw out and never tried?
I omitted the caps in my circuit, they are on order, could that be the problem?