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    Checking fast recovery diode

    Got an unnamed LCD that uses Vestel 17ips16-3 PSU unit, making a very quiet clicking noise and wont come out of standby.

    I have located a diode in the PSU which I feel may be faulty, just want to run it by you guys before I order a replacement.

    It's a BA159 - a fast recovery diode datasheet at http://html.alldatasheet.com/html-pd...2/1/BA159.html
    and is D810 on the board if anyone is looking at a schematic.

    In one direction open circuit, other direction 5.9M Ohms both measurements taken out of circuit.

    This is faulty, right?

    Jim
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    #2
    Re: Checking fast recovery diode

    What type of meter (DMM/Analog) and what scale are you using to test?

    EDIT: Grabbed the diagram from elektrotanya.com for you.

    EDIT 2: <sigh> Sheet is for 17IPS16-1 or -2 not -3 as on their site...
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      #3
      Re: Checking fast recovery diode

      Looks like there are several of these on the board. Does this one differ from the others?
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        #4
        Re: Checking fast recovery diode

        Haven't checked the others, good point i'll lift another and compare them. D801 and D803appear to be the same component. Will check against them.

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          #5
          Re: Checking fast recovery diode

          Originally posted by bbjunkie View Post
          In one direction open circuit, other direction 5.9M Ohms both measurements taken out of circuit.
          I normally use the diode test function to test diodes. A good diode should test between 0.5 and 0.8V one way and "out of range".
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            #6
            Re: Checking fast recovery diode

            Did this too, reading .440 or so (cant recall exactly, will re-test when im back in the workshop) but the extremely high resistance had me wondering.

            The whole reason I pulled it to test in the first place was that it was measuring 95k ohms in both directions in circuit.

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              #7
              Re: Checking fast recovery diode

              Ok, checked and D800 801 802 and 803 are in fact not the same. Perhaps this is one of the differences in the -3 version.

              There dont appear to be any other BA159 diodes on the board. In fact there are only 5 on the primary side, 4 rectifier diodes and the D810 which is in circuit with a few other components across pins 1 & 3 on the primary side.

              I will potter around some more with it and see how I get on. Any further problems and I will start a repair thread and post some pics.

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                #8
                Re: Checking fast recovery diode

                I don't think you're dealing with an open diode problem - a shorted diode would cause the symptoms described

                I've never seen a diode fail open, but I suppose it could happen.

                Bad SMPS controller, bad startup cap?
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                  #9
                  Re: Checking fast recovery diode

                  Diodes hould be checked using the diode checker function. An ohm meter can detect shorts or abnormally low resistance. But a healthy diode will usually read high resistance in the forward direction and extremely high or out of range in the reverse. An exception to that latter is that I have seen some schottkies read onthe order of 200 ohms in the forward direction. Different diode types have different forward voltages, which can be seen with a diode checker. Schottkies are usually low, .2V-.5V; regular GP diodes perhaps .5-.7V; FR and ultrafast perhaps .8-1.2V. I have seen highvoltage ultrafast parts as high as 1.5V.

                  Sounds to me like your power supply is in a burp-mode current limit state. That diode could be bad - that forwaard voltage sounds low to me, though different meters can read differently. Maybe check to see if the output is shorted by something in the load, or maybe a bad output filter capacitor.
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                    #10
                    Re: Checking fast recovery diode

                    Ok, it has beaten me - i've started a repair thread: https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showth...463#post214463

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