"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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I take what I see in front of me as evidence. I have had hundreds of
people assure me that they were VERY good electronics techs, yet they
couldn't do anything right. Call me cynical, but after you've seen some
really stupid stunts, you want to be damn sure of what is going on.


In this case, the bad part was across the AC line. What good would
your random choice of a fixed resistor have done, other than cause more
damage, or even start a fire?

A 1 meg resistor?