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1n5238 replacement

Started by druz15, September 07, 2011, 08:28:21 PM

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druz15

building a couple of pedals for my band, basically a hotcake and prunes n' custard in one box, and I can't find any replacements for 1n5238 Zener Diodes, which I need one of for each hotcake circuit.
It's a 8.7V o.5W Zener, would it be okay using the 8.2V Zener on Tayda, or would the extra 1/2W of power change the circuit too much?
http://www.taydaelectronics.com/servlet/the-183/1N-1N4738-1W-4738/Detail

Cheers


EDIT:
Okay nevermind just found some on Ebay for super cheap, now I have 50 of them :D
Out of curiosity would the Tayda one's have been alright?