From: Dave Platt on
>flywheeling diode and a 1N4007 would do the job just fine. Does the FET
>source go to ground ? Many power MOSFETS have a diode internally in that
>orientation across from the source to the drain. It gets there as an
>integral side effect of the manufacturing process.

Newer designs seem to use a fast-recovery diode (e.g. FRED or HEXFRED
or HiperFRED) for MOSFET flyback protection. 1N4007s aren't
particularly fast, and reverse-conduction losses can be significant if
the switching frequency is high (in e.g. an SMPS). That's probably not
all that much of an issue in a solenoid driver, though.

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From: Lostgallifreyan on
Palindrome <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote in
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> Not wishing to trach granny, but this would be my approach:
>

I hope it doesn't come to that, if she has any breathing difficulties at
all, I imaging it's just due to the rarified air of this place.
From: Ben Miller on
> Anode of unknown diode is to ground, cathode to drain of BUZ72 MOSFET. 1uF
> cap also from drain to ground. Drain connects to solenoid. Drive voltage
> is
> 42vdc.

The diode is a snubber to bypass the inductive kick from the solenoid when
it deenergizes. A 1N4007 will work fine.

Ben Miller

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From: Eeyore on


"John E." wrote:

> It's shorted, burned on the side against the board, the side of the diode
> that has part of the p/n printed (of course)...
>
> Best I can make out is (reading around the diode:
> ITT
> 4?
> 47
>
> Physically it resembles a typical 1A black epoxy rectifier.

That's not what either a 1N4147 or 1N4447 looks like.

Graham

From: Franc Zabkar on
On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:49:16 GMT, John E. <incognito(a)yahoo.com> put
finger to keyboard and composed:

>It's shorted, burned on the side against the board, the side of the diode
>that has part of the p/n printed (of course)...
>
>Best I can make out is (reading around the diode:
> ITT
> 4?
> 47
>
>Physically it resembles a typical 1A black epoxy rectifier.
>
>Would this be 1n4147? The "47" is clearly visible, and I think I can make out
>a "4" in the first part of the poorly-legible digits. No telling how many
>digits between the two "4"s.
>
>Any possibilities other than 4147?
>
>Thanks,

Go here ...

http://nte01.nteinc.com/nte/NTExRefSemiProd.nsf/$$Search?OpenForm

.... and type the following into the search box:

1n4*47

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