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    T-bone Sanchez

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    I keep reading about 'snubbing', what is actually meant by this??
     
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    why not get my cd rom .........loads of data ie 170meg hint tips mod advice schematics ...email me............. oh yes and snubbers


    by the way they are caps in parallel [normally with] diodes
     
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    You place them around semi-conductors (like Zanash said, usually diodes) to protect it whilst it switches. As they switch at high frequency they can generate voltage spikes, you place the snubber over it to absorb the spikes.
     
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