Credit: http://www.kevtris.org/
Oct
29
Resistors destroyed by RF
Resistor was turned into a dipole antenna and coupled to the parts seen. They were destroyed when brought near a 40-50W radio transmitter. Credit: http://www.kevtris.org/
Oct
29
FET and inductor destroyed by wrong power supply
Customer plugged wrong transformer into board which caused the FET to fail, and then L2 to heat up and fall off the board. Credit: http://www.kevtris.org/
Oct
29
Regulator failure causes capacitor to explode
Regulator next to capacitor fails and causes massive capacitor explosion. Credit: http://www.kevtris.org/
Oct
29
IC on cable modem destroyed by lightning strike to cable line
Lightning struck the cable line on this cable modem. Damage shown is part of the PHY, along with damage not visible to two of the resistors that came from the ethernet port. Credit: http://www.kevtris.org/