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RE: safety margin

My experience too with other diodes. It's a hobby so I never cared to track it down and quantify but I suspect there are some really high voltage spikes that just break down the SS diodes over a relatively short period of time. Once that happens they just become shorts.

The safety margin needs to be much higher than simple calculations would predict. I was blowing 1200 V PIV parts on a ~ 450 DC B+ supply.

Mike


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