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Ben boost reverse polarity protection

justinjja

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I'm gona be building my self a few benboost drivers.

I ordered lastest revision of the board.
If I wanted, could I leave out the fet and just solder across the pads?

As long as I dont reverse the polarity this should be fine right?
as well as boosting the efficency by a wopping 1% lol

Link the the ben boost thread
 





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You'll be fine bypassing but one wrong insertion and that driver/diode will die
 
justinjja

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Ya, i figured the driver would die but,
I would think that the diode would be fine?

I was just thinking about a build I was planing that would not have removable batteries.
making it pointless, unless at some point I decide to use that driver in another build...

EDIT:
might as well spend the .50 and buy it, couldnt hurt.
 
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justinjja said:
I'm gona be building my self a few benboost drivers.

I ordered lastest revision of the board.
If I wanted, could I leave out the fet and just solder across the pads?

As long as I dont reverse the polarity this should be fine right?
as well as boosting the efficency by a wopping 1% lol

Link the the ben boost thread
Click to expand...

Yeah you can just leave it out, but only solder across the pads on the V+ side. One of the pads on the other side goes to ground.
 
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justinjja said:
I'm gona be building my self a few benboost drivers.

I ordered lastest revision of the board.
If I wanted, could I leave out the fet and just solder across the pads?

As long as I dont reverse the polarity this should be fine right?
as well as boosting the efficency by a wopping 1% lol

Link the the ben boost thread
Click to expand...

Besides saving the ~$0.50 on the MOSFET...
Why do you want to remove that inexpensive protection...:thinking:

The driver will still work without it... It is only there for
reverse polarity protection..


Jerry
 
justinjja

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Just curiosity more than anything else.
The Only build I would consider this on is one with built in, non-removabe batteries.
 
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