Date   : Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:28:08 +0100
From   : etljwk@... (John Kenyon)
Subject: Testing homemade Master battery pack

Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:
> Tom Seddon wrote:
>   
>> Mike Tomlinson:
>>     
>>> Hmm.  Did you fit the diode as well?  If not, better unplug the
>>> batteries straightaway.
>>>       
>> Yeah, it's got a 1N4005 diode and a 120ohm resistor,
>>     
>
> I always wondered why they used a 1N4005 and not the more common 1N4001, 
> the only difference that I can see is that the 1N4005 has a peak reverse 
> voltage of 600V as opposed to 50V on the 4001, sureley that's not needed ?
>
> Cheers.
>
> Phill.
>
>   
I use 1N4007 diodes instead of 1N4001, mainly because I still have a 
bandolier with more than a 100 of
the things on it...

/John