On May 27, 2006, at 4:48 PM, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
> You can swap out the diode, in the current position, for a TVS or  
> beefy
> zener, and the circuit will work as-is. For example, a 1.5KE62A (JEDEC
> 1N6290A) . The solenoid will drop out faster than if you used a  
> (cheaper)
> 1N400x across the coil.

Cool... I'll check into that as well.

> If you don't care about the drop-out time, the 1N400x is easier on  
> both the transistor and the diode.

So is it smart in this circumstance to have something on both the  
transistor and the diode?  Or have I misunderstood?

darren
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