[TenTec] 1340 QRP Transceiver - 12V Polarity?
Shawn Upton
kb1ckt at yahoo.com
Tue Mar 13 15:05:08 PDT 2012
Yeah, I know. Didn't want to deal with a fuse.
Shawn
Kb1ckt
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On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 9:21 PM EDT Stuart Rohre wrote:
>Shawn,
>If the diode is in shunt from plus to minus, and a reversed polarity
>plug in is done, the diode bypasses the current, if the cathode was
>installed toward the normally positive power connector pin. Then, if
>there is a fuse ahead of that diode, it opens and the radio components
>are saved. No drop due to the diode.
>
>Stuart Rohre
>K5KVH
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