Re: UF HV Diodes?

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Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Are the ends silver? If so, they're SMT Diodes (Surface Mount Technology). 
SMT stuff gets freakishly tiny now, and the only thing that holds it to the 
PCB is the solder joints, which, in most cases are far more than enough 
since they weight a fraction of a gram. I've never seen anything SMT rated 
to a kilovolt though...thats kinda neet :)

Otherwise, perhaps they're new Wireless diodes, everything else is wireless 
nowadays, why not diodes..... ;)

Christopher "Duck" Boden Geek#1
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>Hi All,
>        My grandson recently acquired, sight unseen, what was claimed to 
> be a bag of 100, 1000 V 1A high speed diodes. The bag says US1M-13. They 
> look like a bunch of tiny black beans with no leads.
>What are they? Are they any good for TC work? How does one connect them?
>Any help appreciated.
>
>Matt D.


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