From: look165@numericable.fr   
      
   Being French, I don't know the exact way you think !   
      
   default a écrit le 01/08/2019 à 16:24 :   
   > On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 06:26:17 -0700 (PDT), jurb6006@gmail.com wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> With a bridge, only 2 diodes on 4 work   
   >>> ** No, they all work.   
   >> You got him on semantics, he probably meant "conduct". Sure they are   
   working when they are conducting, but they are also working when not   
   conducting. They are blocking. When they no longer block they are considered   
   not working.   
   >>   
   >>>> So it preserve diode life.   
   >>>   
   >>> ** False conclusion derived from a false assertion.   
   >> Also ignores some logic on the subject. I won't be as mean as you but I   
   will say it - ijiot ! YOU pick the diodes, they don't pick you ! And do you   
   care if the diode is 50 cents or 60 cents ?   
   >>   
   >> I'm surprised I am even here. I did need a bit of a break though. Got any   
   idea why the hell this Carver Receiver (MX-130) turns off the tuner when I   
   turn off the speakers ? I decided to get away from it, and now I think I have   
   a clue, it switches by    
   relay, maybe somehow the 12 volt line is getting shorted... I'm just here to   
   take a break from it.   
   > I had a computer that would reset when I turned off the amplified   
   > speakers before turning off the computer.  A small common mode filter   
   > on the amp cured the problem.   
   >> But thing is, I gotta write a book or something. These component values and   
   all that, people give way too much attention to that.   
   > Ya think?   Generally speaking, they are damn serious when they talk   
   > about "absolute maximum values.."   
   >   
   > And when they specify a mosfet (for instance) at a current capacity   
   > that would cause its leads to melt, or unsolder itself from the board   
   > - well then they are lying.   
      
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