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Slow Maida

If you want to use a high-voltage regulator based on the LM317 (the Maida design), you can add a slow-start by adding a transistor like the MJE340 and an RC pair to slowly increase the HV. Combine circuits from these two URLs:

http://www.national.com/ms/LB/LB-47.pdf
http://cache.national.com/ds/LM/LM117.pdf

See page 15 ,lower left in the second reference.

(I don't know how to post links for two URLs in AA)


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