Nov
25
These pictures come from a Dynapower USA DP-40205 400W power supply. It appears the standby regulation failed and took out the FET pictured above and also the capacitor and resistor near the top of the fan. The exploded piece of the FET was rattling around the power supply when it was opened and the part …
Nov
04
Weller WESD51 fails with a resistor and a PIC burning up with no apparent cause. Weller fixed this under warranty and put a new tip on the iron as a little extra. Credit: http://www.rtach.com/pics/burn2.jpg
Oct
29
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/