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Old 05-03-2013, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Goatman View Post
Should have used the newer smoke free ones...duh
I didnt see if anyone told what you did wrong here and I know your past that but for future reference for anybody else it looks like those 2 original resistors were in parallel and by putting in a jumper you basically jumpered out your variable resistor....ie you removed the resistance from the circuit, hence the smoke!!!
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