Quoted from harryhoudini:Can you help me out with the 'anode' side?
An easy way to remember the anode side of a diode. "A" (anode) = the arrow in the diode symbol.
Quoted from harryhoudini:Ok, I clipped my leads to the banded side of D38 and D3 and got 8.4v. Am I doing that right?
No, put your leads on the non banded side.