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Projects => General Questions => Topic started by: Pointy on August 08, 2013, 05:46:49 PM

Title: 1N400X diode interchangeability
Post by: Pointy on August 08, 2013, 05:46:49 PM
I'm going to be populating a Nautilus board, so I've been going through a diode grab bag to see if I've got the parts. I found a couple of 1N914 diodes, but no 1N4001 parts. I do however have several 1N4002, 1N4004, and 1N4006 parts. How different are they? They seem similar from the data sheet, but I'm deeply ignorant so I'm not sure that I'm reading it correctly.

Obviously I could just order some.
Title: Re: 1N400X diode interchangeability
Post by: gtr2 on August 08, 2013, 05:52:52 PM
any of your 1n400x's you have will be fine

Josh
Title: Re: Re: 1N400X diode interchangeability
Post by: stevie1556 on August 08, 2013, 07:59:28 PM
I think the difference between the 1N400X diodes is just the max voltage they can handle. Use a different one, I do it a fair amount of the time.

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Title: Re: 1N400X diode interchangeability
Post by: Pointy on August 08, 2013, 08:57:33 PM
OK cool, that's what I thought.  I also found some 1N4001 parts hidden in a bag labelled, "1N4001".