TS808 D5?

[haha]

Anyone know what D5 is in this schematic? I thought I had bought all the parts to build one of these and this morning i noticed I totally missed that one.

http://www.freeinfosociety.com/electronics/schematics/audio/pictures/tubescreamerts808.gif

Thanks,

Phil

[.Mike]

It's a reverse polarity protection diode, typically a 1n4001 - 1n4007.



Mike

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So I better pick one up, huh? Does it matter much which one I get?

[.Mike]

It's a good idea to have in case you accidentally hook up a center-positive DC adapter instead of a center-negative DC adapter.

The only real difference is the voltage they can tolerate. Any of them will work fine for reverse polarity protection.

Mike

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Well in that case I can just go ahead and build the pedal without it cause I don't have any DC jacks anyway.  Good to know though since I plan to install one later on, thanks a bunch man!