The inside of the ZapStop is an MR2535L avalance diode. Cost about $1.40 in
quantity 10 at Digikey. It will take a 600 amp hit. Wired backwards across
the alternator output it will break down under the high voltage as the field
collapses and short it more or less harmlessly.
--
Glenn Ashmore
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