[time-nuts] Low noise power supply recommendations

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Wed Jun 15 14:25:26 UTC 2011


In message <201106151021530546.2070A4A5 at smtp.citynet.net>, "Will Matney" writes
:

>My guess is that the LED's brightness helped kill the CDS cells. 

That is not possible by direct effect, light does not hurt CDS cells.

It is far more likely that more intense light than designed has decreased
the CDS' resistance causing higher current than was good for them.


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