[sdiy] diode breakage

[Paul Perry]

At 01:28 PM 4/11/01 -0800, alex dickey wrote:
>i bought this lot of 200 1N60's off of ebay and first used them the
>other day.  i could barely get them in the holes in the perfboard
>without them shattering in half.  

Just grab the diode lead (up close to the glass) with pliers, and bend the lead
on the OTHER sise of the pliers.
Really, you should do this with everything, where possible.
Including capacitors, where you might crack the casing & let badness in.

paul perry (Melbourne Australia)