In a message of 08 Jan 96  06:15:42, Barry Burke wrote:
BB>         Tekin now installs TWO diodes internally in their top of the line
BB>         ESC's.   A higher number of diodes = higher braking current 
BB>         dissipation = MORE BRAKES.
    That's not the way diodes work.  First of all, unless they are matched 
diodes all the current is going to go through only one.  By matched I mean 
you have to go through several hundred to find a couple that are exactly 
alike.  Just having the same part number or even lot number doesn't work.  
Matched or not the second diode will not increase the braking current unless 
you have the diode undersized to start with.  Second the majority of energy 
is dissipated in the MOTOR, not the diodes.  
  
    Motor speed controls is how I have made my living for the last 20 years.
          MC
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