At 05:22 3/25/2008, Steve S. Bosshard (NU5D) wrote: >any protection diodes - 10 amp protection diode against 400 amp starter >current - no contest.
Steve, this confuses the dickens out of me. I now understand the reverse polarity part, but won't the protection diode be reverse direction, and therefore the only relevant stat is the reverse voltage, 12v, and therefore presumably within ratings? I don't see what the current has to do with it because the diode will be non-conducting. The current rating is only for the conducting direction, right? -- Dave Gomberg, San Francisco NE5EE gomberg1 at wcf dot com All addresses, phones, etc. at http://www.wcf.com/ham/info.html -----------------------------------------------------------------
