I was reading the DIY Driver thread, and some other threads about building a test load, etc. today at work - and I knew I had various 1N400x diodes at home in my bug box.
So, I did a bit of quick research, and I found out: for our purposes, it doesn't matter if it's a 1N4001 or a 1N4007 -- for what we do here, they all work exactly the same. I found this handy chart too, for figuring how much voltage they drop when forward biased.
The takeaway:
You can look at that chart to build a test load for your driver circuit out of these diodes, and use the appropriate number of them in series depending upon the current output you're looking for, and it doesn't matter if they are 1N4001s or 1N4007s.
Have fun!
So, I did a bit of quick research, and I found out: for our purposes, it doesn't matter if it's a 1N4001 or a 1N4007 -- for what we do here, they all work exactly the same. I found this handy chart too, for figuring how much voltage they drop when forward biased.
The takeaway:
You can look at that chart to build a test load for your driver circuit out of these diodes, and use the appropriate number of them in series depending upon the current output you're looking for, and it doesn't matter if they are 1N4001s or 1N4007s.
Have fun!
