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  • This topic has 4 replies, 5 voices, and was last updated 11 years, 1 month ago by SHAH DISHANT H..
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  • February 20, 2014 at 7:41 pm #2875
    Manu
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    I have connected a 12 V, 1A DC adaptor to a L7805CV its outputs containing 16×2 LCD, AT89S52, LED and MAX232. When I power up it gets heated up and when connected its input to a 9V battery it is in normal condition. Why this happens. I thought input current for 12V adaptor is more than a battery and L7805CV can give 500mA of max current can 1A of current can be given to its input or it must be <=500mA.

    February 21, 2014 at 4:46 am #11071
    AJISH ALFRED
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    Hi Ganesh,

    Are you connecting the battery and adaptor through the same dc jack?

    February 22, 2014 at 12:53 pm #11080
    Ashutosh Bhatt
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    heating of 7805 is normal thing. provide good heat sink to 7805. 

    March 7, 2014 at 5:03 pm #11238
    Ganesh Selvaraj
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    Hello Ganesh,

     

    Heat produced in 7805 IC is also proportional to the input voltage given to it and as Mr. AM Bhatt said, heating is common in case of 7805 so just go with a heatsink.

    May 10, 2014 at 4:13 am #11712
    SHAH DISHANT H.
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    Hi,

     

    Heating of 7805 is common thing but as a system designer, we must understand the concept explained below.

     

    I am assuming that your circuit is consuming 500mA urrent during operation.

     

    Case-1: When you are connecting 12V adaptor, you will get 5V output. Do you know where the remaining 7V goes?

     

    We will get 7V drop accros IC 7805. You can measure this drop accross pin 1 and 3. When circuit will consume 500mA current, heat disipation accross IC will be 7V*500mA= 3.5W

     

     

    Case-2: When you are connecting 9V battery, you will get 5V output. Do you know where the remaining 4V goes?

     

    We will get 4V drop accros IC 7805. You can measure this drop accross pin 1 and 3. When circuit will consume 500mA current, heat disipation accross IC will be 4V*500mA= 2W

     

     

    In both case your requrements of 5V and 500mA current is fulfilled but still you are wasting 1.5W extra in first case because of wrong selection of power supply. this concept is very much essential while designing real world applications specially battery operated device.

     

     

     
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