Magic Blue Smoke » pcb http://www.magicbluesmoke.org When good electronics go bad. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:03:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 CCFL output shorted by insect http://www.magicbluesmoke.org/162/ccfl-output-shorted-by-insect http://www.magicbluesmoke.org/162/ccfl-output-shorted-by-insect#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:28:33 +0000 MagicBlueSmoke http://www.magicbluesmoke.org/?p=162 Mitsubishi Diamondview CCFL inverter destroyed by contact with insect

This picture comes from a Mitsubishi Diamondview 24″ monitor.  An insect came in contact with the CCFL output of this inverter and was charred to a crisp.  This lead to arcing on the board which destroyed the PCB and the inverter.  Credit:  PodeCoet.

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