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High Voltage Diodes
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From: bmack [SMTP:bmack-at-frontiernet-dot-net]
Sent: Sunday, March 01, 1998 2:35 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: High Voltage Diodes
MAx,
Yes! this is a normal reading in the diode mode of a standard
multimeter. The problem is that the meter does not put out enough
voltage to forward bias the HV diode. Take a 5v supply and a 1K resistor
in series with the diode and measure the drop across the diode. I think
it will read somewhere around 1.2 to 2 volts when forward biased.
Jim McVey
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> Subject: High Voltage Diodes
> Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 11:03 AM
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> From: RODERICK MAXWELL [SMTP:tank-at-magnolia-dot-net]
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 1998 12:15 PM
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: High Voltage Diodes
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> I have four 15Kv-at-750ma microwave oven diodes that I plan on using in a
> Dc supply for my new tesla coil. When I test them with my ohm meter they
> all read infinite resistance even when I reverse the leads. Is this a
> property of high voltage rectifier diodes??? These are new diodes that
> have not even been used in a circuit yet. All of my experiance has been
> with the lower voltage variety. If anyone has used these type of diodes
> before, HELP!
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> Frankensteins Helper
> Max
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