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Old 05-10-2010, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Phil Nelson View Post
If those diodes are intended to replace the big green selenium rectifiers, I'd make sure that the old rectifiers are taken completely out of the circuit. (Don't leave them wired in parallel with new diodes, in other words.) Hard to see exactly what's going on in that third photo.

Phil Nelson
Most people also install some resistors in series with the diodes, so that the B+ voltage ends up being the same as it was when the seleniums were used.
Now people might throw rocks at me for this... but what about mounting the new diodes and proper dropping resistors on a terminal strip under the chassis, next to the fuse and eliminating the "tacked on" selenium housing/exposed wiring?

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