These diodes protect the regulator

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In Reply to: SMPS regulation .Technical question re Diodes posted by raffells on April 19, 2007 at 14:22:41:

from damage caused by capacitor discharge through it if supply voltage is disconnected for some reason. Under normal conditions these diodes do not conduct - they behave like megohm resistors. There is no reason to replace them.

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Topic - SMPS regulation .Technical question re Diodes - raffells 14:22:41 04/19/07 (2)

These diodes protect the regulator - sser2 14:38:46 04/19/07 (1)

Re: These diodes protect the regulator - raffells 15:21:12 04/19/07 (0)

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