Experiment 6 - Increased Output Voltage with Zener Diodes

In the last experiment you increased the output voltage of a voltage regulator with a trick. For this you used a diode. However, you can also use Zener diodes...

Again you deceive the voltage regulator with a false zero potential. However this time you use a Zener diode with a breakdown voltage of 5.6 V...

Circuit diagram voltage regulator with Vout = 10.6 Volt.

Circuit voltage regulator with Vout = 10.6 Volt. (Enlarge)

Now your voltage regulator 7805 has an output voltage of V_out = 10.6 Volt.

But now back to the problem of a large load and heat generation...