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Old 09-05-2015, 10:19 AM   #1938 (permalink)
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Hello! Those are 5watt 17v zeners, back to back. Right at the gate to emitter. Like this:

emitter -----> <------ gate. That way, if gate goes outside the range of -17v to 17v, it gets clamped very hard. zeners clamp more harshly than transient voltage supressors.
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