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• Re: Help identifying part (image provided)
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Sun, 6 May 2007 09:23:11 -0700
  ...Using two diodes would sort of work - the car lamps would operate correctly, but the trailer lamps would only flash with the car turn...
• Re: alternators, voltages, rebuild, idiocracy
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:22:33 -0600
  ...I > wanted to try soldering in new brushes. > > Also did some internet reading and found that bad diodes can cause > whining under load. That...
• Re: O2-sensor voltage problems '84 1.9L -- Help needed lead voltages!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:26:32 -0400
  ...In the wonderful world of electronics most things rely on semiconductor devices such as diodes and transistors. Really basic explanation but the most common...
• Re: Help identifying part (image provided)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 6 May 2007 08:39:04 -0700
  ...Using two diodes would sort of work - the car lamps would > operate correctly, but the trailer lamps would only flash with the car > turn...
• Re: Optima Blue D31M
  Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
  Mon, 2 Jun 2008 23:07:37 -0700
  ...Sure, one loses about 0.2 volts too heat, due to the blocking diodes inside the Isolator but more than compensates for this loss...
• Re: Now charging of house batteries Re: New fridge replacement option for the Dometic
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 08:39:35 -0800
  ...All parts that mount = > to the board including all resistors and capacitors diodes, a 65 amp powe= > r FET, 8 amp shottkey blocking diode...
• Re: Fridge ?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 17:00:07 EST
  ...Also you can run it slower by putting a string of 1-amp 50-piv diodes (radio shack) in series -- each diode will drop...
• Re: Need Help diagnosing a Non-starting '86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Tue, 29 Sep 2015 00:12:35 -0500
  ...here closed after the bankruptcy, and I didn't have the diodes handy. The other info was very helpful, also. I spent some time...
• Re: 82 with hot start problem (long saga)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:10:48 -0800
  ...Bad diodes can reverse battery current flow back into the alternator, which can suck energy out of the battery. Test for these possible current...
• Re: Need Help diagnosing a Non-starting '86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Tue, 29 Sep 2015 07:42:06 -0700
  ...here closed after the bankruptcy, and I didn't have the diodes > handy. The other info was very helpful, also. > I spent some time...
• Becketts Tome on Dual Batt.s, Relays, Saftey, and charging (Very Long)
  Historical mailing list - Beckett Cantrell
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 13:15:38 EDT
  ...which has its own inharent problems, like voltage drop across the diodes...) This may result in the vehicle not starting. If you do get...
• Re: Optima Blue D31M
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:50:36 -0700
  ...Sure, one loses about 0.2 > volts too heat, due to the blocking diodes inside the Isolator but more > than compensates for this loss...
• Re: Becketts Tome on Dual Batt.s, Relays, Saftey, and charging (Very Long)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:36:13 -0700
  ...which has its own inharent problems, like voltage drop across the > diodes...) This may result in the vehicle not starting. If you do get...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Jan 2017 19:24:08 -0500
  ...Pretty much all of them will work with red/yellow/green LEDs, and all will work with germanium or silicon diodes. Your $6/free...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 6 Jan 2017 16:42:57 -0800
  ...Pretty much all of them will work with red/yellow/green LEDs, and all will work with germanium or silicon diodes. Your $6/free...
• Re: problems installing second battery
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 07:42:00 EST
  ...an RV shop we bought an isolator (the type with two diodes inside to direct current) that is used by RV folks to connect...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 7 Jan 2017 01:07:03 +0000
  ...Pretty much all of them will work with red/yellow/green > LEDs, and all will work with germanium or silicon diodes. > > Your $6/free...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Jan 2017 20:31:15 -0500
  ...Pretty much all of them will work with red/yellow/green > LEDs, and all will work with germanium or silicon diodes. > > Your $6/free...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Jan 2017 20:05:26 -0500
  ...Pretty much all of them will work with red/yellow/green > LEDs, and all will work with germanium or silicon diodes. > > Your $6/free...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Jan 2017 20:28:18 -0500
  ...Pretty much all of them will work with red/yellow/green > > LEDs, and all will work with germanium or silicon diodes. > > > > Your $6/free...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 7 Jan 2017 01:47:29 +0000
  ...Pretty much all of them will work with red/yellow/green > > LEDs, and all will work with germanium or silicon diodes. > > > > Your $6/free...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Jan 2017 20:40:48 -0500
  ...Pretty much all of them will work with red/yellow/green > > LEDs, and all will work with germanium or silicon diodes. > > > > Your $6/free...
• more on problems with second battery
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:08:52 -0500
  ...an RV shop we bought an isolator (the type with two diodes inside to direct current) that is used by RV folks to connect...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 7 Jan 2017 01:48:11 -0500
  ...Pretty much all of them will work with red/yellow/green >> > LEDs, and all will work with germanium or silicon diodes. >> > >> > Your $6/free...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Sun, 8 Jan 2017 12:26:50 -0500
  ...Pretty much all of them will work with > red/yellow/green > >> > LEDs, and all will work with germanium or silicon diodes. > >> > > >> > Your $6/free...
• Second battery, the story on relays.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 20:06:40 -0600
  ...an RV > shop we bought an isolator (the type with two diodes inside to > direct > current) that is used by RV folks to connect...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Tue, 3 Dec 2013 16:59:47 -0800
  ...Check the datasheet, but most body diodes can handle 5 mA or so, make sure you size the limiting resistor to have a good...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Tue, 3 Dec 2013 19:07:14 -0800
  ...A small RC with a 1 nF cap > or something would be a good idea too. > > Check the datasheet, but most body diodes can...
• Start of Draft: Analog VOMs for vans, was Re: AFM test readings
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 Jul 2014 21:06:07 -0400
  ...You can still check diodes but have to choose the range thoughtfully, and the reading won't tell you what the forward voltage is...