How to test a voltage regulator

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  • retiredcaps
    Badcaps Legend
    • Apr 2010
    • 9271
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    How to test a voltage regulator

    Regulars will hopefully appreciate this new guide I just wrote so you don't have to explain it over and over again.

    https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?p=261329

    PS. Same thread also posted on Troubleshooting TVs and Video Sources as some regulars read one, but not the other.
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    • Lumberjack777
      Badcaps Veteran
      • Dec 2010
      • 464
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      Re: How to test a voltage regulator

      Excellent guide retiredcaps!
      Now I can test the voltage regulators, on that main board, on that Dell W3000 I'm working on. Thanks!

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