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Re: Blowing a diode
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 4/19/2010

Hi Donald.

I got it blown bu putting leads on it, putting it in a cup of water, freezing it, hooking it to a battery for about 1.5 seconds. Broke the ice off and all is well. Now I have a blown one and a shorted one. The shorted one looks a little melted but... Login to read more.