"Mike Tomlinson" wrote in message ...

En el artículo ,
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Well, when I put the diode in correctly (per the schematic), the hum
reduced
greatly

Ignore Phil, he's a thick Australian* ****. You're doing fine, carry on
as you are.

* I do apologise for the Australians, they're the result of criminals,
murderers and rapists transported to van Diemen's land and the product
of enthusiastic interbreeding ever since.








Bottom line, Phil called this correctly IMHO.

No way a reversed bias diode would not have destroyed the output stage in a
few seconds.




Gareth.