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Re: K150-6 pumps out DC voltage when powered on. [message #27747 is a reply to message #23707] Sat, 21 March 2020 16:42 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Okay I took the 1n914 and added some wire and heat shrunk everything so it wouldn't touch the heat sink. Then I placed the 1n914 in the same bracket that the original CR3 was in. I laid it in there with it kind of looped around it as seen in the attached photo.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/jkrZrfFi42oysPVx8

Now when I turn it on I don't get the dc hum any more but I get a ton of static.
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