On Sat, 23 Aug 2014 12:46:56 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sat, 23 Aug 2014 00:29:20 -0400, "Sir Gregory Hall, Esq."
wrote:

That's all well and good until one notes a diode installed
backwards (black line facing input of data) so no current
can pass that way. Made in Mexico - no wonder it was defective.

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I suspect that if you had reversed the two wires that it would have
worked fine.


I tried that and it didn't work at all.

Diodes only pass electricity in one direction. If they
are installed in the circuit backwards they stop the
current from flowing.