Originally Posted By: mlord
For the diode, any "small signal" diode will work. I have no specific recommendation -- myself, I'll just grab whatever I can find in my parts bins, or rob one from an old motherboard or whatever. -- you might already have some of those.


I've got a pack of Radio Shack 1N914-type diodes. Would these work?

They are the same kind as listed here in this ad:
http://www.bakersfieldads.net/Bakersfiel...ckage-of-50.JSP
Photos from that page attached, not my photos but mine look just like that with the same specs.

Seems to be similar to, though not exactly identical to, this Digikey part:
https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/on-semiconductor/1N914/1N914FS-ND/978749


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