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Originally Posted by Diesel911
The Author of the article gave his explination.
"The Diode increased the resistance to the Ground so the Voltage Regulator has to up the Voltage to overcome the Resistance.
The Author was using a Diode as if it was a Resistor not to rectify any wave form.
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There is 0.6 v drop across a diode (semi-conductor) if it is silicon which most diodes are, germanium diode has 0.3 v drop across. So if you do not need to bump up the charging voltage as much you use germanium diode.
If you want to increase the charging voltage even more then put 2 diodes in series it will raise the ground to 1.2 v as far as sensing is concerned.