Thread: Fire on the jag
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Unread 18-02-2011, 08:01
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Re: Fire on the jag

Bobo,
The Jags and Victors are not protected from reverse voltage polarity. With no load you can kill a controller just by connecting it incorrectly. Since you did not name the component (Q4? IC 1") we don't really have anything to point to as a possible problem.
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