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- From: bill@thd.tv.tek.com (William K. McFadden)
- Subject: Re: Reversing batteries; was (none)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.213334.6900@tvnews.tv.tek.com>
- Sender: news@tvnews.tv.tek.com (news user)
- Organization: Tektronix TV Products
- References: <921121144303.238310ec@CCSUA.CTSTATEU.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:33:34 GMT
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- In article <921121144303.238310ec@CCSUA.CTSTATEU.EDU> FELSON_ADJ@CCSUA.CTSTATEU.EDU writes:
- >All it takes is a two cent diode to protect against voltage reversal.
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- Yes, but. A diode in series would drop the supply voltage by 0.7 volts,
- which is equivalent to half a battery. Given that the HP48 has only three
- batteries, this is probably not a good idea.
-
- A reverse-biased diode in parallel might work, but something (e.g., a
- resistor) would have to limit the current.
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