On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Jinx <joecolquitt@clear.net.nz> wrote:

> At the weekend I re-wired a breadboard from a 12F675 to an
> F88 but didn't remember to swap the analyser ground from the
> right to the left of the breadboard. For a good 15 minutes I couldn't
> figure out why the analyser wasn't working. Then smelled "heat".
> The analyser's flimsy E-Z Hook ground was connected to the
> 5V rail. Its wire was hot and the tip all melty and she not so good
> looking no more. Luckily it was the PSU taking the strain, not the
> USB
>

Oh dear! Maybe it is cheaper to turn a bit down that current limiter on your
PSU :-)

Tamas



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