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Blew Up My First Electronic Component + Road Sign Hacking

29-Jan-09

So last night i decided to be dumb.
the amp i’m working on is set to take 9 volts in two seprate areas on the board. I decided to hook up 12v to one. bad idea.
the speaker made a weird sound and then smoke from a capicitor began spitting out smoke at me.
“OH FUCK, OH FUCK, [...]