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Lost 3A, 3C, 4A, 6A, 7A solenoid after adding diodes

By vstarbiker

3 years ago


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#15 3 years ago

You used the wrong diodes on the coils, you should have used 1n4003 or higher not a 1n4001. The diode has shorted which may have shorted the drive transistor and then the high current draw has caused the jumper resistor on the aux power supply to go open. Since the jumper w-6 is now open you have no power to any of the 50 volt coils.

#27 3 years ago
Quoted from vstarbiker:

Purchase 1N400x diodes on Amzn. The "x" can be any number. I used 1N4001 but the others work too. You can get 50 of these for $3 shipped. Good to have on hand.

Sorry it sounded like you used a 1n4001.

The diode on the melted coil could have been bad from the start, thus causing the melt down of the Tip 36 and the coil.

Your meter is showing voltage at the coils, but I have seen the jumper bad but still show voltage.

#38 3 years ago

Just so we are on the same page, Q-1 reads 3 volts with J-1 connected and reads 76 volts when J-1 is disconnected.

#40 3 years ago
Quoted from vstarbiker:

Q1 never reads 76v. I disconnected j1 so hopefully I don't hurt the main board anymore. Q1 is always lower than the rest.

If you haven't replaced the coil yet, you wont see the 76 volts. The voltage has to go thru the coil back to the TIP36a.

#44 3 years ago
Quoted from vstarbiker:

Yeah... i did that for 1 second, blew the tip36c again.

What size fuse do you have installed? Do you have the diode installed correctly?

#55 3 years ago
Quoted from vstarbiker:

All my fuses are good which does worry me a little with all the things that shorted, not one fuse blew.

F-4 should be a 2.5 amp slow blow fuse. A TIP36a transistor can handle 40 amps surge, 25 amp continuous. Why didn't the fuse blow? How large is the fuse?

#59 3 years ago
Quoted from vstarbiker:

How do I check amps? The fuse says 250v

Check both ends of the fuse. List all numbers you read.

#61 3 years ago
Quoted from vstarbiker:

1 end 250v
2nd end buss msl 5

Manufacture is Bussmann
250 volt max.
MSL is a time delay fuse.
5 is five amps.

#64 3 years ago

Time delay and slow blow fuses are the same. In the time it takes a slow blow fuse to burn the current can rise very quickly, that is why you can't over fuse.

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