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In the mean time, why is it better to replace the resistor instead of the regulator?
Thanks, I understand that. But replacing the regulator with one that can handle the higher input voltage could work as well? Why is replacing the resistor beter?dnmun said:the regulator is there to make 12V but it needs to have the input voltage low enuff that it can drop the voltage down to 12V so that is why you may have to increase the resistor to make a larger voltage drop to the input of the regulator.
What about lm317ahvt ?dnmun said:there is no other regulator which handles higher input voltage.