[modeleng] Re: Topsy - to charge and how to charge, that is the question!

  • From: Peter Sheppard <peter.sheppard@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:40:22 +0100

Rich,

Thanks for the clarification.

So we were "violently agreeing" with each other :-)

Cheers

Peter



On Wednesday, March 30, 2005 2:45 PM, R.L. Roebuck [SMTP:rlr20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
wrote:
> I think you are both basically agreeing, but have different names for what
> you call the two ends of the diode.
>
> There is no such thing as a diode terminal that should be connected to +ve
> or -ve, unless the diode is intended for something specific. A diode has
> an annode and a cathode.
>
> The end which the current comes out (the "pointy end" or cathode) should
> be connected to the battery, so that current can only flow from alternator
> to battery.
>
> That is surely what you have both said, and I would agree with that.
>
> Yours,
>
>
> Rich.
>


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