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Re: Why not integrate Jaguars with Diodes?

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Originally Posted by jp1247 View Post
Something kind of interesting. Today, while flashing tan jags, I had connected the first black jag backwards, turned it on, and the breaker immediately popped back and forth rapidly. I smelled burning electronics. I turned it off, and switched the cables. It still works, and all is well, perhaps I just lucked out?
I suppose if it was really quick, the body diodes might not get destroyed. Though I would have expected the reverse voltage to travel down through the regulators and take out the control logic too, that's what seems to be happening on my end of things...

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