ivp wrote:
> I've seen a board recently on which one of three paralleled FETs
> looks to be heat-damaged (attached).

Not so clear.  I assume you are talking about the second part down out the
four?  Note that it has different markings than the bottom two.  If the
bottom three are truly in parallel, then it was a really bad idea not using
exactly the same part.  More likely they aren't really in parallel.


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