You are measuring junction voltage while conducting a dribble of current. The voltage drop across the junction is largely irrelevant, other than that the smaller it is the less energy is wasted as heat. This might matter in some kind of sensitive analog circuit, but this is a brute force power application. Junction voltage varies with the current through it, the junction temperature, and the exact chemical process details. There is no single number to measure or compare.
If it works well, great. It's possible that your new diodes are just better than the old, or that the failing one had partially failed for some time before it died. Hard to know. Chances are that you only had to replace the one dead one to be fully back in business. -- Jim _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
