[Amps] Amps Digest, Vol 93, Issue 11

[Steve Thompson]

> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
> 
> On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:54:37 EDT, TexasRF at aol.com wrote:
> 
>>In my view, a diode pair reverse connected from B minus to ground is the  
>>preferred combination. Back to back would look like an open circuit until one 
>>or  both fail shorted.
> 
> REPLY:
> 
> That is what I meant - in parallel but with reversed polarity. At one
> time I used the term anti-parallel but some people on this reflector
> objected to  it.  
> 
> Quoting Wikipedia:  "In electronics, two anti-parallel or
> inverse-parallel devices are connected in parallel but with their
> polarities reversed."
> 
>  Perhaps we should start using one term or the other for clarity?
> 
> Bill, W6WRT

I've always known it as 'back to back'.

A 35A bridge can be had for a dollar or three - cross wire the 
connections and you get 70A worth of diodes in both directions and 
  you'll have a fixing hole to bolt it down and make the mechanics 
easy, no need to search for standoffs or tag strips or string 
diodes in mid air.

Steve

Steve