I heard somewhere it's only their voltage tolerance. Would this translate by a difference in sound used as clipping diodes?
I modded my route66 today with N4002 (I'd normally use 001s) and a violet LED. There used to be 4148 + 4148/LED in series before and now the sound is less loud (better for me, not as much level difference), smoother and slightly better... though a little less open (that should be bettered by a TL072 instead of a 4558D soon enough).
I believe the difference between clipping diodes is their forward voltage, which is iirc identical in the whole 1n400x group.
Mhmm... so how would the 1 and 2 differ?
All 1N400X are 1A silicon rectifiers. They differ only in Peak Inverse Voltage (PIV).
1N4001 - 50V
1N4002 - 100V
1N4003 - 200V
1N4004 - 400V
1N4005 - 600V
1N4006 - 800V
1N4007 - 1000V
Quote from: pott on April 13, 2007, 09:48:13 PM
Mhmm... so how would the 1 and 2 differ?
As clippers, they wouldn't. That's what I was saying in my previous post, what you need to know when comparing diode clippers is the forward voltage (maybe an oversimplification, but accurate in this case), and with 1n4001-4007, it is the same.
Ahhh great. I like the sound of the pedal so eh, all's good. Thanks guys :)
Quote from: pott on April 14, 2007, 10:42:29 AM
I like the sound of the pedal so eh, all's good.
That's what counts. :)
Carry on.