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Old 11-18-2013, 05:45 AM
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I was in a hurry once hooking up one of my 8-track car stereos on the bench after a cleaning and lubing and hooked up the power in reverse. I was using 18-gauge blue/clear speaker wire for power, making the polarity less obvious. That smoked some transistors and popped at least one cap.
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