Quote: Originally Posted by
jcrews98 
The 2008 egg is not a regulator. It has two DC blocking capacitors, a 470 microfarad electrolytic capacitor, and a 1 milihenry inductor. These are all the elements required to make a simple LC type filter, which damps ripple and rejects high frequency noise (see low-pass filter). I use my PC power supply to provide tightly regulated power for maximum component life.
you should awfully intelligent about the matter, but i doubt that most (including myself) have the slightest idea of what you're trying to say. Are you saying that the engineers decided to make the "egg" inferior than what it was before? I think thats the point of what the thread is about.