[sdiy] Zener diode wattage tolerances

Bob K farfisa5 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 9 18:53:07 CEST 2012


Hi folks.

I picked up a homebrew synth at a yard sale over the weekend.

Documentation and some crude schematics came with it and, after
opening it up, I saw this burnt out component:

http://www.voroleaf.com/EE/images/IMG_0141.JPG  (component CR7)

The documentation tells that it's a zener diode (8.2V, 2W, 10%).

Looking online, I'm finding 8.2V zener diodes but only with a 1.3W and
lower or higher than 3W.  Nothing in the 2W range.

I'm guessing a 1.3W diode should the job, right?

This is my first time trying to diagnose and repair something.

Thanks!

-Bob



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