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John Larkin wrote:

IR is famous for creating incredible specs, with tiny footnotes
retracting the wilder numbers. No TO-220 is going to last long at 300
watts; not many milliseconds.


You simply can't get that many watts through that tiny tab of copper fast enough. I
think the highest continuous ratings are in the 50-70W area.

Graham