08-13-2017, 08:52 PM | #1 |
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Diode
This might be a Model question but I have used the Diode available from Snyder's on the Model a Generators, but have found they heat up .If you fit the covers on there's no cooling and can burn out , any one experience this ,Ted
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08-13-2017, 09:30 PM | #2 |
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Re: Diode
Are you talking about using them inside of a cut-out on top of the generator?
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08-13-2017, 09:44 PM | #3 |
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Re: Diode
Yes Jim ! Thanks ,Ted
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08-13-2017, 11:03 PM | #4 |
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I guess they could run hot if there is a heavy current demand on the electrical system, and third brush is set to max. I had purchased some diode kits to use in the cutouts on my 35's, but once I found out about the Fun Projects electronic regulators, I use those on all my cars.
Maybe you could mount your diodes on larger heat sinks that would still fit inside the cutout can, but do a better job of soaking the heat from the diode.
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I just used a diode out of a junk delco alternator, gutted the windings out, drilled ahole in the reley frame, pressed the diode in ---never measured the temperature, but it had been working at 18 amp for awhile, now 14 amp----untouched over 30years, so if it is getting hot it is within design allowances
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08-14-2017, 12:28 AM | #7 |
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Tumb rule for heatsinking semiconductors...if you can touch it and count to 10 it´s ok.
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08-14-2017, 12:47 AM | #8 |
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Silicon power diodes have a voltage drop of 0.7v. So with 20 amps current the power dissipated by the junction would be approx 14w. Removing the heat into a heat sink depends upon how the diode is made elsewise the temperature will soon destroy the diode junction.
For a power application best NOT use an axial diode but one with metal tab which has a hole to mount to a heat sink, or which has a stud to screw into a heat sink. |
08-14-2017, 12:57 AM | #9 |
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Thanks for the replies' .Here's a couple of shots .I drilled a air vent in one ,if the battery is fully charged and you are running at say 8 to 15 Amps maybe that's were the excessive heat comes in Ted
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08-14-2017, 03:33 AM | #10 |
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Ted I ran one on my first Model A-Did 12 ,000 miles and no overheating I sold it to a guy in Napier who I am still in touch with and he uses it as his daily driver and has done for the last 5 years with no problems. From memory was mounted pretty much as yours is -Karl
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08-14-2017, 07:03 AM | #11 |
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That is not original cutout, the metal frame the diode is mounted on has less mass and is mounted on a thicker insulating block. -- try modifying an original cutout
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08-14-2017, 02:34 PM | #12 |
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Thanks for all the replies ,I like the idea because its a $2 item ,I have only burnt one out ,I think I will run two one as a back up ,Ted
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