DaveC wrote:
Thus spake Pooh Bear:


http://www.chipdocs.com/datasheets/d...CC/UF4001.html


(That's a paid-subscription link...)

Re. the current rating, I'm just comparing the unit in question with a
non-schottky, vanilla 1A rectifier. They are similar in size.

The thickness of the wires coming out is often a better indication than
the size of the body.

IIUC, you aren't going into production with this thing, just trying to
get it working. So you can afford to err on the side of safety and put
in a well over-spec'ed schottky, even though a much lower spec'ed (i.e.
lot cheaper) device would be fine too.

Any idea why it failed?

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Sue