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What causes coil/solenoid driver transistors to fail?

By yonkiman

7 years ago



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    #2 7 years ago
     
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    Sounds like a pretty accurate list. Sometimes they just go and sometimes a locked on coil shortens the life.

    I would not regularly replace any diodes. But when you do replace them use 1N4004. Just stock up on these at 20/$1 they are beefier than the 1N4001 used before.

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