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William Sommerwerck William Sommerwerck is offline
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Default Getting started with electronics? :)

Poor man's fireworks: Always connect electrolytic caps the
wrong-way-round before applying power!


Would that it /were/ fireworks. The caps usually explode and emit a
foul-smelling gas.