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Old 05-04-2013, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by KrazyKuch View Post
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!!!
Lol, I actually ended up pulling everything off the board and traced everything back to see how that thing was made.
I basically created a dead short like you said. Education is never free
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