Date   : Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:27:47 +0100
From   : mike@... (Mike Tomlinson)
Subject: Testing homemade Master battery pack

In article <4BBF9EAA.7040204@...>, Phill Harvey-Smith
<afra@...> writes

>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 ?

It's not.  It's just what Acorn could get hold of cheap at the time.
Any old silicon diode would do.

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