Sorry been away setting up and testing these things. The transient current is 500 - 600 mA and it lasts about a second. Hard to tell with a multimeter. Two of my 3.3V regultors are measuring 2.7V, have they been damaged by being added to a 12V adapter with no caps you reckon? Or could they be originally faulty? The caps have made all the differemce BTW, the heater killer adapter now is stable.
Temperature is fine.