Orson_Cart
- Joined Jan 1, 2020
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That's certainly possible if the power is applied with a V+ switch, rather than turning on the the AC-DC supply which would bring the voltage up more slowly.@crutschow - in the ckt shown the diode D1 may well become a low ohm resistor or open ckt due to charging action of C6, RL at power up ...
Certainly C is correct about power. Real world power supplies ramp up the output voltage over more than one mains cycle and do it is not instant. And I also think that a 1N4001 diode makes far more sense because of it's current carrying ability. There certainly is a place for signal diodes, and power circuits is not it,That's certainly possible if the power is applied with a V+ switch, rather than turning on the the AC-DC supply which would bring the voltage up more slowly.
If it's the former, a few ohm resistor in series with the diode should prevent it from blowing.
Edit: Using a 1N4001 in place of the 1N4148 should eliminate that as a possible problem since the 1N4001 has a much higher current surge rating.