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   Bob Engelhardt to default   
   Re: Two diode vs four diode rectificatio   
   01 Aug 19 12:04:58   
   
   From: BobEngelhardt@comcast.net   
      
   On 8/1/2019 10:24 AM, default wrote:   
   ...   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   You think?  I happen to stumble across a MOSFET in a TO-227 that was   
   spec'ed for 300A & 1500W.  How is that useful?  Shouldn't they also say   
   that it requires a LN2-cooled heatsink?  And if you do need, say, a 15A   
   MOSFET, how do you find it, what with all the bogus spec's?   
      
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