I had a bit of an accident with my converted 6m SB-220 (flashover somewhere
while transmitting, not sure where yet) that resulted in all the rectifiers in
the operating bias string (Harbach rectifier board) being blown short. The
diodes that were in there are 251Ds. They are 2.5A 1KV diodes -- pretty decent.
The original Harbach diodes were supposedly 1N4005s, which are not as beefy as
the 251Ds.
I don't have any rectifier diodes of this size in my parts bin at the moment.
What I do have is quite a few new Fairchild 1N5408s. These diodes won't
physically fit on the PCB (they are the same diode used in the HV string, but
not in the bias string) but I can easily just wire 8 of them together in series
and cobble it up ugly-wise. They are silicon diodes, so I would THINK the
voltage drop across them would be the same as the 251D/1N4005. Please advise if
using the 5408s in the bias supply is NOT a good idea for some reason.
This is the second time the bias supply on the Harbach board has blown up when
something else went wrong. Maybe the original Heath zener wasn't such a bad
idea after all. With the Harbach diode string design, I'm thinking maybe I
ought to put a fuse in there. I'm not sure what a safe fuse current rating
would be -- something that would absorb any surge/peak current but would still
protect the diodes in case of a short. Ideas?
Bill W5WVO
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