Hello everyone, I bought these TV S's a while back from digikey and I was starting to put more on the layout and I noticed that they were packaged with a red piece of tape on one side and a white piece of tape on the other side of the wire. Does it matter which way they are positioned on the lock on? Thank you very much, Jerry
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@Jerry A posted:Hello everyone, I bought these TV S's a while back from digikey and I was starting to put more on the layout and I noticed that they were packaged with a red piece of tape on one side and a white piece of tape on the other side of the wire. Does it matter which way they are positioned on the lock on? Thank you very much, Jerry
If the Diode has no stripe than it has no polarity if it had a stripe than that denotes the cathode side.
@Jerry A posted:Hello everyone, I bought these TV S's a while back from digikey and I was starting to put more on the layout and I noticed that they were packaged with a red piece of tape on one side and a white piece of tape on the other side of the wire. Does it matter which way they are positioned on the lock on? Thank you very much, Jerry
1.5KE36CA
Notice your part number ends in "CA"? That's important on the datasheet, and denotes it's a bi-directional device AKA not polarized.
Data sheet link https://www.mccsemi.com/pdf/Pr...(C)(A)(DO-201AE).pdf
Can I hook it up on the positive or negative on my Lionel lock on to the track or the Transformer? Please advise
Either way, the bi-polar TVS has no polarity.
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