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Ev Archive for May 2000
1453 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:48:34 2001

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Re: OT: Big Diode help



COINARIAN@aol.com wrote:
> Picked up some really big diodes... marked "CEHCO 300S40M14 8841P".
> Physically, they have a 3/4 inch dia mounting stud at one end, and a
> 6" pigtail of 000 cable coming out of the other

Sounds like a DO-8 or DO-9 (newer DO-205B) package. Can't find CEHCO,
but International Rectifier uses this package for diodes rated from 250
to 600 amps. From the part number, I'd guess it is a 300 amp Silicon
400v diode, Polarity normal (stud is cathode), built in week 41 of 1988.
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