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How To Connect Two PSUs, To Get More Current - Solved
Mechatrommer:
schottky diode has low voltage drop, so it can handle more current without burning away (diode power dissipation) you can use any normal diode it just it will get more hotter than schottky at high current, ymmv.
t1d:
--- Quote from: Mechatrommer on November 15, 2018, 08:04:46 am ---schottky diode has low voltage drop, so it can handle more current without burning away (diode power dissipation) you can use any normal diode it just it will get more hotter than schottky at high current, ymmv.
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Yes, the 1N4007s did get very hot.
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