[Info-vax] ChatGPT solved it for me, again...

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2023-02-15 14:56, Steven Schweda wrote:
>> That is complete nonsense. "Too much power"? Sounds like directly from a
>> bad science fiction movie.
> 
>     Not really.  Some (mostly older) voltage regulators had a minimum
> load requirement.  Connect them to a smaller load, and the output
> voltage could exceed the rated value, with potential damage as the
> result.

That is a different thing, and then we're really having a situation 
where you are getting a too high voltage. Which, as I said, is something 
that can damage things.

It's not a "too much power" thing.

   Johnny