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Bassalisk
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Hello,
I am designing a simple circuit and I need some guidance over snubber diode.
When we open the switch, when we have a inductor in circuit, we will have that arc over switch which is something that we don't want.
Using this snubber diode, we can avoid this. I feel that we will have HUGE voltage spike, on inductor, when we open that switch.
How can I (safely) measure that voltage spike, in order to determine how much inverse breakdown voltage my diode has to have? I am assuming oscilloscope.
My source is 30V DC.
I am designing a simple circuit and I need some guidance over snubber diode.
When we open the switch, when we have a inductor in circuit, we will have that arc over switch which is something that we don't want.
Using this snubber diode, we can avoid this. I feel that we will have HUGE voltage spike, on inductor, when we open that switch.
How can I (safely) measure that voltage spike, in order to determine how much inverse breakdown voltage my diode has to have? I am assuming oscilloscope.
My source is 30V DC.