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In Reply to: Which specs are important in replacing? posted by Dennyj on January 9, 2007 at 14:13:49:
I'm no electronic engineer, so I can't give you the exact way to determine what you need, but I've read that the voltage rating for Schottky's needs to be higher than for the original silicon diodes. In the tuners I've modified, I've used 85 volt/3 amp Schottky's that I picked up at my local electronics supply store, and I've used some 100 volt/5 amp ones that I got through DigiKey. I've also used the 5 amp Schottky's in vintage receivers with no problems, so you'd be totally safe with them in your tuner which doesn't draw nearly as much power.Again, I'm no expert, but I don't think the actual value you install makes a lot of difference (at least to the sound) as long as you get to, or beyond, that minimum value.
Maybe I've just been lucky, but I've installed Schottky's in almost all the solid state stuff I have using the above guide lines, and the results have always been good.
Bob
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- Diode specs - Bob G 16:55:04 01/09/07 (4)
- Re: Diode specs - Frank25 08:20:40 01/10/07 (3)
- Re: Diode specs - lipmanl 13:25:25 01/10/07 (0)
- You're right. - Bob G 10:55:19 01/10/07 (1)
- You're quarter right. - Bare 09:50:55 01/13/07 (0)
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