I have a fisher Paykel washer, it blew a fuse in the circuit board and after replacing it and blowing it again with nothing connected to the board, I found a diode that seems bad. I can't seem to locate one though. It is BYW59C. Anybody have any suggestions? F&P only sells the complete circuit board

 

This is the diode I can't seem to locate or find specs for.

 

BYW59C:

GI, Silicon diode, 600V, 3A, <200ns.

 

thank you very much, any idea on where to find the rascal?
How did you locate the specs,,, I'm so grateful, but curious.

 

Thank you very much for the diode information, I can't find that diode to purchase though. I called "electronic surplus" and they sent me to the NTE cross reference guide which doesn't list that diode, anyone have a suggestion? Again, it is BYW 59C.

 

If it is a leaded diode, any other diode good for those specs should substitute. I wonder if the recovery time is at all significant.

Have you looked for something on the other side of that diode that might also be bad - something like a capacitor?