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diode replacment

spdf

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Hello guys!

Could anyone recommend a descent replacment for an old toshiba diode tlr112?

Thanks in advance ;]
Cheers
 
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Guys thank you very much for your quick response I'll go right away to buy one. Thanks one more time really appreciate that! ;]
 
Looking at the schematic, and then at the datasheet (thanks Hyperion ! ), these type of diodes serve to set fixed voltage drop levels, and as per datasheet around 1.5~1.7 Volt (as a function of the current drawn, which can result into below 1.5V and above 1.7V).

This is confirmed in the schematic, when looking at D505:
+51.8V on the positive side (left of R519)
+50.0V on the negative side
i.e. dV = 1.8V

For D507:
-48.9V (-49.4V + 0.5V) on the positive side
-50.7V on the negative side
i.e. dV = 1.8V

LED technology is used to create a single PN junction providing the set voltage drop.
This is easiest replaced by 3x 1N4148 in series

Hence, using a 3.9V zener (which are noisy by the way) is more than doubling the required voltage drop.
D507 is in fact "enforcing" the current through R581/583, by imposing a fixed voltage drop across them.

Taking a fixed voltage drop of 0.5V across the B-E junction of the transistor, the voltage across the resistors is forced to 1.3V, and hence the current to ~4mA (I=U/R)
As a consequence, the current through the transistor is forced to 4mA.

By using a 3.9V zener, the current through the transistors is increased proportionally !
And thus their heat dissipation (P=dVxI)
It is not the right replacement.....

So, I would replace the diode by 3x 1N4148 in series :)
 
I have a pioneer sx650 with a MZ322 diode only have a 1W 18 or 20v will one of these work for a replacement? Thanks
MZ322 is a 500mw 22v zener diode tolerance 20.9v --- 24.1v

The 20v zener you have may work.
 
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