In a car(motorcycle) environment I've been using a a power diode, series 100 ohm resistor, and a 24v zener to ground in front of a regulator rated for 30V. it occurs to me though that if there was (say) a 70v spike and the zener conducted, the resistor would disappear in a puff of smoke. This is no…

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