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Diabolical Artificer · 16th Dec 2015, 8:37 am

You may be able to use a Vishay BYX10GP, I bought 5 for £3 ish off ebay some time back for a scope. The 1N4007 has a PIV of 1000v from memory, the above has a PIV of 1.5kv.

BTW, you can test HV diodes with a bench PSU and a resistor, look up testing HV diodes.

Andy.

16th Dec 2015, 8:37 am	#4
Diabolical Artificer Dekatron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sleaford, Lincs. UK. Posts: 7,670	Re: What to replace an OF619 with? You may be able to use a Vishay BYX10GP, I bought 5 for £3 ish off ebay some time back for a scope. The 1N4007 has a PIV of 1000v from memory, the above has a PIV of 1.5kv. BTW, you can test HV diodes with a bench PSU and a resistor, look up testing HV diodes. Andy. __________________ Curiosity hasn't killed this cat...so far.