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I wired up the transformer in an 1176 build the wrong way. I thought
the smell was it just warming up... well it warmed up all right.



On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 at 03:33, Roman via Synth-diy
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> My most spectacular fail was exploding 8A-rated rectifier brigde wrongly connected to 400W transformer.
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> Roman
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> ---- Użytkownik crystal via Synth-diy napisał ----
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> Nice one Don. I've melted resistors, blown up chips and caps, but, haven't ignited an inductor...yet.
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> Maybe i need to try harder? ;-}
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> Adam, glad it wasn't a tube circuit!
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> Richie, no doubt, pyrotechnics and all.
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> Crystal Chris~
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> On 1/23/2026 1:11 PM, rburnett@richieburnett.co.uk wrote:
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> Made me chuckle, Adam.  Glad you lived to tell the tale though! :-)
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> Every day is a learning day in electronics.
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> -Richie,
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> On 2026-01-23 09:39, Adam (synthDIY) wrote:
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> ROFL
> thx Don
> we've all had those "learning" experiences, haven't we?
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> Like when I absent-mindedly started soldering a board in my SH-2000 with the mains still on....
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> A
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> On 23 Jan 2026, at 18:05, Donald Tillman <don@till.com> wrote:
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> Got a ways to go...
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> https://x.com/beneater/status/2012988790709928305
> <Screenshot 2026-01-23 at 12.01.54 AM.png>
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>  -- Don
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> Donald Tillman, Palo Alto, California
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