03-09-2014, 07:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-09-2014, 07:46 PM by Alan Douglas.)
1N4000x aren't made the way they used to be. Some years ago I measured prv of a few with a Tek curve tracer, and found they were all around 1600v no matter if they were labeled 4005 or 4007 and maybe even some 4001 (I don't recall). In the old days they would have been graded after manufacture but now they're all alike.
Resistors typically aren't rated for the voltages involved, and add one more failure point.
Resistors typically aren't rated for the voltages involved, and add one more failure point.
