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Old 14th Oct 2014, 11:50 pm   #13
Biggles
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Default Re: Transistor equivalent

I checked the schottky diode protection (another TO220 package) and that is fine. As RW says, I was probably pushing it using a device rated at 18A, when start up surges will most likely be quite a bit higher than that. At least it proved that the module will work if a suitably rated FET is used.
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