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Onilll

Joined Oct 25, 2010
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Need information about diode. On board printed DZ3, probably it zener. On diode first line CRL, second HS-7.

Thank you.
 

DerStrom8

Joined Feb 20, 2011
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Perhaps it is a 7 volt zener? The CRL and HS probably stand for other electrical characteristics. I'm afraid I don't very often use zener diodes, but I hope you can get the answers you're looking for :)
Good luck!
Der Strom
 

MrChips

Joined Oct 2, 2009
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Looks like a point-contact diode to me similar to a 1N34.
Can you post another picture with the writing to the back so we can see inside?
 

SgtWookie

Joined Jul 17, 2007
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Are you thinking that the diode is not good anymore?

It's difficult to tell from the image, but it does not look "fried" to me.

On the other hand, the image of the board you linked to ... those old cylindrical brown-body carbon resistors can radically change their values over the years - even if they are not in use. I would consider every one of them to be suspect until I had at least measured their resistance.

I had a collection of mil-spec precision carbon film resistors that were left over from a project back in the 1970's; they were unused and in hermetically sealed pouches. I was very surprised to find that some of them measured almost twice the resistance that they were supposed to measure; and almost all of them had increased in resistance significantly.

Zener diodes require a certain amount of current flow through them to establish the correct voltage. If the current flow is insufficient, the voltage drop across the Zener may be considerably lower than expected.

I would check each and every resistor in the current path for that Zener to ensure that they were reasonably within specifications.

Replacing all of those brown-body resistors with similarly rated carbon film "dumbbell" resistors would be a good idea; as these newer type of resistors are very stable over time.
 

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Onilll

Joined Oct 25, 2010
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Thanks.
I check resistors, they are good.
Check "zener" one more time, show 1,17v one side and infinity other. I thought 1,17 are too much for diode. If it OK, may be its good?
 

MrChips

Joined Oct 2, 2009
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Thanks for the picture. No, it does not look like a point-contact diode.
As SgtWookie says, what would make you think that this diode was faulty?
It might help if you told us from where this board came. What was the function of the circuit?
Send us a photo of the whole board if you can.
 

MrChips

Joined Oct 2, 2009
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Syntron Controls - one-shot relay board? Made in India circa 1973?
Relay turns on for a preset time?

...my guesses
 

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Onilll

Joined Oct 25, 2010
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Looks pretty old. I don't know, because didn't connect board, just check components. Already change 3 caps. May be now it will work.
 

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Onilll

Joined Oct 25, 2010
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Оne more question. Have a PCB:



There are dead FB9N60A MOSFET.



I did order it, but also dead SMD diode. Тhey do not have connection.





One of this blue-red. No letters, no numbers on it. How to know what kind is it?
Thank you.
 
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