On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 06:36:22 +0100, Rheilly Phoull wrote:

On 15/08/14 22:48, Uncle Peter wrote:
Oops! Why would a surface mount ferrite bead catch fire dramatically?
There was as much smoke as lighting a cheap match.

http://petersphotos.com/temp/Dead%20miner.jpg

Short in the winding?

AFAIK these things are placed in series with the device? So a short would simply be as though they didn't exist.

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