Timeline for What is this two-lead component across an AC input?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:32 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jul 27, 2015 at 20:00 | vote | accept | ravron | ||
| Jul 27, 2015 at 19:33 | answer | added | KyranF | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 27, 2015 at 19:30 | comment | added | KyranF | yes bidirectional TVS, because it's AC! :) | |
| Jul 27, 2015 at 19:24 | comment | added | Spehro 'speff' Pefhany | Bidirectional TVS, most likely. | |
| Jul 27, 2015 at 19:09 | comment | added | ravron | It doesn't have a diode polarity marking… could it be a bidirectional TVS? | |
| Jul 27, 2015 at 19:07 | history | edited | ravron | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 27, 2015 at 19:03 | comment | added | KyranF | It could be a TVS to deal with huge spikes in voltage, and has a larger package to deal with higher power than usual full bridge with the other smaller diodes. Alternators do not have nice voltage waveforms, they often have dangerous spikes. | |
| Jul 27, 2015 at 19:01 | comment | added | KyranF | It looks like a diode to me. Or possibly a capacitor but I doubt it | |
| Jul 27, 2015 at 18:59 | history | asked | ravron | CC BY-SA 3.0 |