At 10:11 PM -0400 10/22/99, John Hermanson wrote:
> The diode is supposed to be there (it is in EVERY 2/2N). It prevents the
>circuit from blowing out if you insert the batteries backwards.
>
Also, to prevent backwards battery problems, a diode would have been placed
in series with the black wire (negative terminal). That way, insert the
battery wrong, no current flows, nothing works or is damaged. This was
between negative and the chassis (+), which is strange.
Be seeing you.
Dirk Wright
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