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In Reply to: Re: Nope- it's a Zener... posted by peter on April 25, 2003 at 07:05:44:
A Zener diode is used as a voltage regulator and can NOT be replaced with a normal diode except in VERY rare occasions which I'm confident you will not see.A Zener works by virtue of negative resistance and will "avalanche" at a certain and consistent voltage when reverse biased. This allows it to be used to maintain a constant voltage at a given point, and is the basis of simple voltage regulators. It may also be used as a reference in more complicated regulation schemes.
You need a 10 volt 1W Zener as a replacement part. That should not be hard to come by- depending on where you are, of course.
Tim
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- Re: Nope- it's a Zener... - 6V6GT 04/25/0308:53:39 04/25/03 (2)
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- Re: Nope- it's a Zener... - 6V6GT 09:54:45 04/26/03 (0)
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