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    Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity? —Trevyn Watson
   Rebel Transcanner wrote: > (...) As long as it has a voltage that is at least 1.7 volts above its output voltage (and below some upper voltage), it will give its output voltage. You can get voltage regulators for many voltages, like 3v (7803), 6v (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
   
        Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity? —Chris Magno
   (...) i disagree!! sorry, this is a bit of a sore point. the smallest 78xx series i ever found was a 05. I really wanted a 7803 to try to play with some small pneumatic solenoids but none existed. electronsonic has 2 3vdc regulators NONE in stock. (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
   
        Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity? —Oliver Giesen
     G'Day True enough, never could find a 7x03 either, usually just dumped the output thru a couple or three diodes, or a light bulb until 3v came out. Cheers Oliver Also never discount a car headlight as a high wattage resistor in low voltage (...) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity? —Chris Magno
     (...) truth be told it was during my experimenting with some VERY small pneumatic solenoids that came from here: (URL) was offered a sample so i was given 2 3vdc 3 Way 2 Position and as we all know to duplicate a lego pneumatic switch you need a 4 (...) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
   
        Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity? —Matthias Jetleb
     (...) Don't you just LOVE Electrosonic? You should have checked out Sayal Electronics while you were there. (S/E corner of the Victoria Park and Gordon Baker Rd.) The are also a good source for parts in the area. You could have just used a 7805 with (...) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
   
        Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity? —Trevyn Watson
   Hmm. I'm reasonably sure I saw one at my local Active store, but I could be wrong. Ill check next time i'm there and tell you if i find any. On the Future Active web site: (URL) a part is available from Future Active, I think that means it's (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
   
        Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity? —Matthias Jetleb
   Active Components is *NOT* the same as Active Surplus. Matthias Jetleb (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
 

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