<div dir="ltr">It's perfectly fine if you have the fuses in place. The reverse short blows the fuses, your power is protected, your module is protected.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 10:47 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:axisair@comcast.net" target="_blank">axisair@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">That's not good. I've only see people use 2 diodes as a half wave bridge for reverse voltage protection.<span class=""><br><br><br>Sent from XFINITY Connect Application<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br><br>From: <a href="mailto:pete.hartman@gmail.com" target="_blank">pete.hartman@gmail.com</a><br></span>To: <a href="mailto:axisair@comcast.net" target="_blank">axisair@comcast.net</a><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:mskala@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca" target="_blank">mskala@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca</a>, <a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a><br>Sent: 2017-10-21 8:33:45 PM <br><span class="">Subject: Re: [sdiy] Euro Synth Spec<br><br></span><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 4:59 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:axisair@comcast.net" target="_blank">axisair@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Two parallel diodes reverse biased won't short out the supply, they just wont allow current to get to the circuit.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The diodes are reversed between ground and the rail. If you reverse the supply they will short.</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">For the price of about $0.015, I just use four 1N914 small signal diodes in a full wave bridge configuration. That just supplies the correct power to the rest of the circuit regardless of if the polarity is reversed. The voltage drop from the mains is 0.6V to 0.7V per leg. Minimal drop considering the existing overhead.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>The Neutron Sound version of this is a little SMT diode bridge. A tiny bit more expensive, but less PCB real estate. </div></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Whether the diode drop on the rails is significant or not depends on who you talk to :) Personally I like it.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Pete</div></div></div></div>
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