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I'll bet the transformer made a wonderful harmonic rich buzz before that 
poor bridge rectifier blew.

On 1/25/26 5:29 AM, Roman via Synth-diy wrote:
> My most spectacular fail was exploding 8A-rated rectifier brigde wrongly 
> connected to 400W transformer.
> 
> 
> Roman
> 
> 
> 
> ---- Użytkownik crystal via Synth-diy napisał ----
> 
> Nice one Don. I've melted resistors, blown up chips and caps, but, 
> haven't ignited an inductor...yet.
> 
> Maybe i need to try harder? ;-}
> 
> Adam, glad it wasn't a tube circuit!
> 
> Richie, no doubt, pyrotechnics and all.
> 
> 
> Crystal Chris~
> 
> 
> On 1/23/2026 1:11 PM, rburnett@richieburnett.co.uk wrote:
>> Made me chuckle, Adam.  Glad you lived to tell the tale though! :-)
>>
>> Every day is a learning day in electronics. 
>>
>> -Richie,
>>
>>
>> On 2026-01-23 09:39, Adam (synthDIY) wrote:
>>> ROFL
>>> thx Don
>>> we've all had those "learning" experiences, haven't we?
>>>
>>> Like when I absent-mindedly started soldering a board in my SH-2000 
>>> with the mains still on....
>>>
>>> A
>>>
>>>> On 23 Jan 2026, at 18:05, Donald Tillman <don@till.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Got a ways to go...
>>>>
>>>> https://x.com/beneater/status/2012988790709928305
>>>> <Screenshot 2026-01-23 <tel:2026-01-23> at 12.01.54 
>>>> <tel:12.01.54> AM.png <http://AM.png>>
>>>>
>>>>  -- Don
>>>> -- 
>>>> Donald Tillman, Palo Alto, California
>>>> https://till.com
>>>>
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