The voltage regulator on my arduino mega 2560 is heating up (hot to the touch) when connected directly with battery (with load on the other pins of the board). When I connected an ampmeter in series to the positive terminal to the Vin pin to see how much current it is drawing, the regulator no longe…

Arduino Mega 2560 Heating when powered by battery but not ampmeter

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