From: jasen@xnet.co.nz   
      
   On 2008-12-02, Brian Gregory [UK]  wrote:   
   > "geoff"  wrote in message   
   > news:BuCdnb3MquEiya7UnZ2dnUVZ_tTinZ2d@giganews.com...   
   >> geronimo wrote:   
   >>> Hello all, it was just a bad batch of 7805s!   
   >> Possibly a 'fake' device.   
   >   
   > I've a vague idea that I remember a 7905 accidentally fitted instead of a   
   > 7805 did something very similar in something I was working on.   
      
   hmm, yeah, given a 12V supply and no load you'd get that.   
      
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