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Default Battery charger shorts out?

"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
S4VB is a 4A bridge rectifier, and the 10 means 100V working.

A 10A or higher (50V or higher) bridge rectifier will be fine.
(A 4A bridge rectifier was obviously inadiquate.)
I would also get some heat sink compound to smear between the
new rectifier and the heatsink.


Got the rectifier from my local Maplins and is now fitted. It's twice
the size of the original with bigger spade connectors so had to replace
the ends of the 4 wires. It was a bit confusing knowing which way round
the - wires go as the only markings on the new rectifier only displayed
on one side showing the AC & +. Going round in a clockwise direction,
if the 1st terminal is AC+, the 2nd terminal is DC+, I connected the 3rd
terminal to AC-, and the 4th terminal to DC-

I've not yet tried it connected to a battery but it now powers on
without clicking and connecting a DVM to the croc clips shows around
12.06v or 6.02 on the 6 volt setting. I shall give it a test on a
battery tomorrow.