Re: don't buy

Damon Hill wrote:

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personnaly ive only had them explode when ive put them in backwards,
... not something I do very often,
although ive read quite a few people mention it here.


Experienced a couple that blew up after being put in frontwards.
(Cheap orange bead types; I suspect they were incorrectly marked.)

--Damon
it's always wise to mount vertically and not too close to the board.:)
I've had to repair a few board's and surrounding components due to those flaming up.


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