diode differences?

are there any better diodes to use than others? ive used 1n4001, 1n4003, 1n4004 and 1n5401 im going to be ordering a bulk amount of one of them, just not sure what one is the best/most used oneThere are 10 types of people in the world, ones that understand binary and ones that dont.

well those all have different ratings and are what make them different. i could not tell you the best one because there are better ones for different applications. but in the lines of better in quailty i would go with a motorola or a higher end porduct name that will get you better results and less break down and faulure of the component. witch will lead in less problems. i always try to do it right the first time and usaully i'm not going back and having to do things twice and look bad.JUST ONE MORE AMP!!!

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i usually keep some 1n4001 ,1n5401 and some 6a1's in the box. do me for anything that i needWhy oh Why didn't i take the blue pill

Darren Power

The 1N5401 has a 3A current rating, while the 1N400x diodes are all 1A. If you're using for higher power applications, you would use that over the smaller ones, but you could always parallel them to get added current handling as mentioned. Differences between the 1N4001 ... 1N4004 are just in the reverse voltage breakdown capability; 50V for the 1N4001, 100V/1N4002, 200V/1N4003 and 400V for the 1N4004. For automotive applications, that isn't really much of an issue; most of the time it's not going to see anything other than battery voltage in reverse bias. If you can get the 1N4004's for the same price, may as well get them over the 1N4001, otherwise, just stock up on the lower cost ones, since the higher reverse voltage blocking won't matter much, and 1A is enough for most of the common situations you'd be using it for, driving relays and signal isolation.