Electronics homework help...urgent

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  1. ido

    ido What's a Dremel?

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    Can you fry an LED if the voltage and amps are over its tolerances even if it is hooked up wrong = current not going through it?
     
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    guzzler What's a Dremel?

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    in what way is it connected wrong? If its connected the wrong way round (ie, cathode is more positve than anode) it is possible to fry it...

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  3. acrimonious

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    Yeah but they have to be pretty high, cascade voltage i belive they call it, when the diode has too much current trying to get through it the wrong way.
     
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    RTT #parp

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    'reverse bias' and yeah, over a certain amount it'll die :)
     
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    ido What's a Dremel?

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    thanks for the quick replies. Yea, i ended up putting that it would fry the LED. Sorry that I couldn't be more specific, the exercise was in french so I didn't know how to translate a lot of the scientific terminology.
     
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  6. cpemma

    cpemma Ecky thump

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    Not that high, 5v max reverse voltage is the usual spec. They'll often stand a few volts more, but connect one wrong way round to a 9v battery and you've a dead led. :waah:
     
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    Amorphus What's a Dremel?

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    doesn't it depend largely on amperage, too?

    oh no, you're out 20 cents! :rolleyes: :lol:
     
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    Hehe, reminds me of the time when I was trying to explain this to a friend, I connected it the wrong way over a 9V battery, yet it still worked, making me look like a right fool, then i said 'right you little F£$^%"£' and connected it through 30V 350mA reverse bias, AND IT STILL WORKED! :eeek: Dem thing just wouldn't die :lol:
     
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