wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
<< 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. >>
Dirk,
The problem here is with only 2 cells (~3V) reducing the supply to 2.4V by
adding a series diode leaves very little voltage to run the amplifiers. So
the reverse connection diode is a good compromise protecting the amplifiers
from user error and not throwing away the nvery limited supply resources.
Tim Hughes
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