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 Post subject: Diode help
PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:05 pm 
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I haven't done a diode installation since I was in high school and I'm not 100% positive? Correct me if I’m wrong; does the white line (cathode) go towards the current you want to block.

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 Post subject: Re: Diode help
PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:35 pm 
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Maximum Carnage wrote:
I haven't done a diode installation since I was in high school and I'm not 100% positive? Correct me if I’m wrong; does the white line (cathode) go towards the current you want to block.



Yes, reverse bias for blocking. Conventional current would flow from anode to cathode(the banded end).
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Thanks a lot, preparing for reverse lights.

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