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In Reply to: Diodes unsoldering themselves posted by fredtr on December 29, 2020 at 06:23:24:
I built a full wave power supply for an attic fan made in China that use to be solar (panel failed). I wanted it to stay on longer and during cloudy days. Just a timer and set to max voltage with a variac. Better than me going up in the hot summer attic and doing more insulating.
Eventually the motor shorted out and the diode heat melted the solder. I used 25 amp diodes and they were still good after.
For a couple years it worked quite well anyway. Now I have one that's 120vac.
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