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FW: [Amps] Bias Zener Diodes In Parallel ?

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Subject: FW: [Amps] Bias Zener Diodes In Parallel ?
From: 2@vc.net (2)
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 17:26:17 -0700
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>> In the Digikey catalog,  5w zeners are axial-lead air-cooled devices.
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>> //They surely are, and should be.  They're not DO-5's however.  The "DO"
>> number only means "diode outline" and the number that follows it has
>> nothing to do with power, dissipation, or any other rating.  They were
>> just issued sequentially, starting with DO-1.
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>> -WB2WIK/6
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>> >> > [Steve Katz]  Hi Rich.  Case temp of a DO-5 stud, 
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>> >> I have never seen anything smaller than 10w in a stud mount.  3A axial 
>> >> lead rectifiers are in a DO-5 case.
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>> >    ??? Not sure what you mean, here.  The DO-5 zener devices I use are
>> >normally rated 50W at 55 degrees (C) Tc.  Readily available from many
>> >sources for a few dollars.  The advantage is their high peak current
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>> >usually hundreds of Amperes for a low-value Vz.  3A axial lead rectifiers
>> >aren't DO-5, they're usually DO-2, DO-41, DO-42, etc.
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>> >    -Steve WB2WIK/6
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>> >> -  R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K, 
>> >> www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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>> -  R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K, 
>> www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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