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Old 11-15-2006, 12:05 PM
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ENGINEERING ABOUT DIODE

I have a question that was unable to be answered by any technical department of two Speed Control Manafacturer's which will remain nameless but not shameless. Anyone want to give it a shot????????
A Diode is wired in parallel with the motor and is supposed to keep electical spikes from feeding back into the speed control. Now for the tough part. Anyone who knows parallel circuits would know that the spike does not have to go through the diode because it is not in series and has a direct wire into the speed control, therefore making the diode useless. What does the diode do when wired in parallel?
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