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Re: Why not integrate Jaguars with Diodes?
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Originally Posted by jp1247
Something kind of interesting. Today, while flashing tan jags, I had connected the first black jag backwards, turned it on, and the breaker immediately popped back and forth rapidly. I smelled burning electronics. I turned it off, and switched the cables. It still works, and all is well, perhaps I just lucked out?
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I suppose if it was really quick, the body diodes might not get destroyed. Though I would have expected the reverse voltage to travel down through the regulators and take out the control logic too, that's what seems to be happening on my end of things...
Matt
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