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Warning! Not Diodes! Warning!
Posted by Ed Sparks at 2/13/2001 1:34 PM EST
Engineer on team #34, The Rockets, from Bob Jones High / New Century High and DaimlerChrysler.
In Reply to: Red vs Blue
Posted by Shawn McMahon on 2/12/2001 5:15 PM EST:
The devices that are required with the red victors are NOT DIODES! They are in fact a transorb which is a device that absorbes electrical "spikes" on the power lines and converts that energy to heat. If you put a diode (such as those in the kit) across the power lines to the Victor, and happen to install it such that it is forward biased, smoke will escape, the diode will become a lump of goo, you will be confused, the flash will stun you, but the Victor will probably be alright! Use TRANSORBS from Innovation First if you are using RED Victors.
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