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Sir Gregory Hall, Esq.[_2_] Sir Gregory Hall, Esq.[_2_] is offline
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Default I spent all afternoon on a stupid NMEA 0183 adapter cable . . .

On Sun, 24 Aug 2014 13:59:53 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
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But, as Wayne suggested, if you reverse the diode's connection they
should, if originally installed backward, allow current flow. If not
than (1) there is something else wrong, or (2) the diode is faulty.



I wish you'd shut up as you're obviously stupid.

On a two-wire DC circuit there is a positive
wire and a negative wire. If there is a diode
on the positive wire and it's installed backwards
then any positive current *sees* no circuit.

If one were to hook the negative wire to the
positive wire, current might flow but the
radio wouldn't know what to do with it. It
might even damage the radio. You and Wayne
are so stupid you seem to think an NMEA
circuit is like a light bulb in that it
works either way. Duh!

They probably put the diode in the circuit
in the first place to keep stupid people
from hooking the wires up wrong and you
and Wayne say go ahead and hook up the
wires wrong and it'll probably work.

ROFLMAO!!! Now I see why you had to abort
your circumnavigation less than halfway
around.

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Sir Gregory