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Offline Sprocket

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Re: Changing injector sizes in megatune
« Reply #15 on: March 24, 2007, 11:38:40 pm »
I asked about this on Mypage on VEMS Wiki and would like clarification again.

Reading the above it is now clear that my understanding of a diode is vague. I thought that a diode allowed current to pass in one direction only with the exception of a zener. It was this understanding that i asked the question originaly before I went and smoked the VEMS ;D

The reply i got was that the transient surpression diode supplied in the rescue kit would work in either direction. The cathode/ anode ident was not what i would call clearly marked on this diode and posted a picture, the one you see below.

Please can some one tell me if this is installed the correct way and or that it really does not matter.

Better safe than sorry ;D


Offline rob@vems.co.uk

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Re: Changing injector sizes in megatune
« Reply #16 on: March 25, 2007, 02:15:35 pm »
The 30V transient voltage suppresion diode that you have there is bi-directional.
Its function is described quite nicely here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transient_voltage_suppression_diode