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Is there a right and wrong direction to install the diode. I picked up a diode from Radio Shack yesterday and I want to try the install using the diode this time. The diode has a thin band on one end of the barrel is that the front or the backside of the diode. Can the thin wire coming off of each direction of the diode be cut to shorten the length of the diode without effecting the diode? By the time I add the jumper wire it will be much to long if it can not be cut.