Fine business using the diodes to drop the voltage. Many silicon diodes will show a higher voltage drop as the current increases. Depending on the circuit you were measuring, one with higher current would show a larger drop.
That is an innovative use of diode voltage drop. Mike At 04:57 PM 11/2/2009, you wrote: >I came up with a solution for this problem for now. > >I use West Mountain Radio Rigrunners ( >http://www.powerwerx.com/west-mountain-radio/rigrunner-4005.html ) to >distribute my voltage and protect my devices on solar installs. Makes >for a nice clean, easy-to maintain and troubleshoot install. They go up >to 38 volt, even though they don't say that in the descriptions. > >I bought some radio shack 276-1143 diodes - 200V 3 amp ( >http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062578 ). I >crimped a red Anderson powerpole connector ( >http://www.powerwerx.com/anderson-powerpoles/powerpole-sets/15-amp-red-black-anderson-powerpole-sets.html > > >) on each end of the diode after shortening the leads a little bit. >Then I put that inline between my Rigrunner positive terminal and the >cable that feeds my Mikrotik device. I label the end that goes to the >Rigrunner - the side of the diode without the white stripe - with yellow >tape so I don't end up putting it in backwards later. > >I use one for each device. Drops the voltage around .6 - .8 volts, >enough to give me the margin I need on my radios. On routerboards that >are very close by (no voltage drop due to ethernet cable length) I put >two of these devices in line to drop it 1.2v. I'm cleaning out the >local radioshacks and building a bunch of these for future use. > >Randy > >-- >Randy Cosby >Vice President >InfoWest, Inc > >435-674-0165 x 2010 > >http://www.infowest.com/ > > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >WISPA Wants You! Join today! >http://signup.wispa.org/ >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
