Reply To: Used 9V AC by accident, but it still works

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Morpheus_79
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    Afaik: up until OSSC 1.6 D5 is for protective/ESD reasons. It delivers an alternative electrical path – for example: if you use a power supply with the wrong polarity.

    D5 (SD05-7) is rated for a working voltage of 5V:

    https://mou.sr/46aulmu

    … so the 9V most definitely killed it. Your OSSC should work fine without it… but i would recommend to replace it with the same or a similar diode.