What Are Linear Voltage Regulators?!? And why they get so hot!

What Are Linear Voltage Regulators? In this video I will tell you what are linear voltage regulators and why they get so hot. A linear voltage regulator is an electrical component that allows an electrical engineer to covert a higher voltage to a lower one in the circuit. This is useful since often times we need a specific voltage for our circuit. However there is one main limitation, which is that they are not very energy efficient. Due to the conservation of energy the linear voltage regulator has to dissipate the difference in energies by converting it into heat, which is why it gets hot.
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0:00 - Intro
0:15 - Circuit Power Sources
0:53 - Linear Voltage Regulator Pins
1:01 - Why Do Linear Regulators Get Hot
2:27 - Main Limitations
3:02 - How To Use A Regulator
4:09 - Gotchas
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OK we are total noobs you need to show us an actual wired up circuit. For example does this component get wired in line with positive to the left leg or does one leg dip into that positive and the other one go to negative it would still store and release energy either way but it's much more likely to blow up one way you might wanna save your users a big headache and a sore red spot on their cheek by explaining that aspect. You have to assume that people watching this have never done anything with electronics before because most likely they haven't