Anyone using diodes in your circuits?
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Anyone using diodes in your circuits? One of my sparky....I mean Electrical Engineer... friends is recommending that I put diodes on all of the relays in my nitrous wiring circuits.
It supposedly keeps current from reversing in the circuit when the relays are de-energized.....some kind of collapsing magnetic field phenomenon.
It's cheap (diodes are about 25cents each) and easy to add.
Anyone doing this?
It supposedly keeps current from reversing in the circuit when the relays are de-energized.....some kind of collapsing magnetic field phenomenon.
It's cheap (diodes are about 25cents each) and easy to add.
Anyone doing this?
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Re: Anyone using diodes in your circuits? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by ScottyG:
<strong>One of my sparky....I mean Electrical Engineer... friends is recommending that I put diodes on all of the relays in my nitrous wiring circuits.
It supposedly keeps current from reversing in the circuit when the relays are de-energized.....some kind of collapsing magnetic field phenomenon.
It's cheap (diodes are about 25cents each) and easy to add.
Anyone doing this?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yep, I am. Diodes are a good safety measure on any electrical system.
<strong>One of my sparky....I mean Electrical Engineer... friends is recommending that I put diodes on all of the relays in my nitrous wiring circuits.
It supposedly keeps current from reversing in the circuit when the relays are de-energized.....some kind of collapsing magnetic field phenomenon.
It's cheap (diodes are about 25cents each) and easy to add.
Anyone doing this?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yep, I am. Diodes are a good safety measure on any electrical system.