diode question?

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Insight

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When a diode blows from overvoltage does it go open or closed?
 
On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 22:00:36 -0400, "Insight"
<jimawhitaker@gmail.com> wrote:

When a diode blows from overvoltage does it go open or closed?
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It'll short first, and if the power supply can supply the current to
blow the junction, it'll wind up open.


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John Fields
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