[R-390] OT: 50 Volt Regulator

[Tim Shoppa]

Ken asks:
> [...] I have recently been searching for a Voltage Regulator for a 50-volt 
> supply that I want to build. So far I have had no luck at all and may 
> have to consider using transistors to help with regulation although on 
> the circuit that I found one of the author's first comments was "the 
> regulation is not as good as with a IC regulator" so I'm probably back 
> to the drawing board on that one.
> [then this morning]
> I need 50volts @ 50amps peak

Holy screaming wowza. 2500 watts, and you're thinking of IC pass regulators?

30 years ago this would be a LM723 and a metric buttload of 2N3055's. 

Tim.