Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>
> >Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> >>
> >> OK. Thanks Mike.
> >>
> >> So it would be OK to just short the diod (or to replace it with
> >> a blank wire) then ?
>
> > BAD idea! :o)
> >
> > [snipped Roman's PSU specifics in arcade machines...]
>
> Well, *my* PSU just feeds a breadboard with (usualy) a PIC,
> some LED's and so on.
>
> So, even if a BAD idea, I'v just done it :-)
> I now have 5.09 volts on the breadboard instead of
> aprox 5.8 volts.


And maybe an understanding of why the PSU was
built that way. ;o)
-Roman

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