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 Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:34 am Post subject: diode protection in battery charger circuit? |
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I am building a charger for large (20-40 AH) lead acid batteries to
power kid-size electric cars. I>m using an L200CV voltage regulator
that>s a step up from the 78XX, or LM317 types. It has 5 pins, and
offers more control. Unfortunately, when I hooked it up to a battery
in reverse polarity, I fried my L200CV. I decided to add a diode
between the negative output and the battery, to avoid doing that
dumbness twice. It happened again. How can that be? Shouldn' the
diode on ONE output prevent the massive current flowing backwards that
I caused? I>ve now put a 2nd diode on the positive output. NOW I>m
safe--right?
Frying in Fresno,
Bruce |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:53 am Post subject: Re: diode protection in battery charger circuit? |
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On 7月17日, 下午1时34分, "dazed & confused" <ehsratcli...@gmail.com> wrote:
[quote]I am building a charger for large (20-40 AH) lead acid batteries to
power kid-size electric cars. I>m using an L200CV voltage regulator
that>s a step up from the 78XX, or LM317 types. It has 5 pins, and
offers more control. Unfortunately, when I hooked it up to a battery
in reverse polarity, I fried my L200CV. I decided to add a diode
between the negative output and the battery, to avoid doing that
dumbness twice. It happened again. How can that be? Shouldn' the
diode on ONE output prevent the massive current flowing backwards that
I caused? I>ve now put a 2nd diode on the positive output. NOW I>m
safe--right?
Frying in Fresno,
Bruce[/quote] |
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