I think I'm missing a diode

[Jimmy Kling]

Hello,

I'm almost finished with soldering my VEMS box, but I discovered that a transient protection diode is missing. I looked at the schematics and it seams that four pins on the steeper chip, and more, will not get current. Is it suppost to be like that?

Do I need to add a diode and what kind of diode?

Picture belove shows the diode I'm speaking of, in a green square:


 //Jimmy

[rob@vems.co.uk]

There's usually a bloody great diode that goes through the hole that's just below the green square in your picture.  Which you normally have to solder.
http://www.vems.co.uk/VEMS/ConnectingPower.html

[Jimmy Kling]

Okey what kind of diode do I need? I have some spare 18V and 30V from the Webshop, can I use one of them?

[rob@vems.co.uk]

The one on this unit I have here looks like a 1N6 277A 1.5KE 18A

[Jimmy Kling]

I looked in my parts box and found one 1N6 277A 1.5KE 18A. Thanks for the help.