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November 16, 2009 by Capt	I had the need to say that the MCU and the header DOES NOT love 12 volts... They made an nice odor and had a temperatur whitch could be compared to the surface of the sun... So be 100% sure you have your connections right. This can't be said to often. -Capt :)
November 16, 2009 by tech20	Yep. Also, 7v reverse voltage is even worse. The amazing thing is 5 hours later, it still worked. :P

November 16, 2009
by Capt
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I had the need to say that the MCU and the header DOES NOT love 12 volts... They made an nice odor and had a temperatur whitch could be compared to the surface of the sun...

So be 100% sure you have your connections right. This can't be said to often.

-Capt :)

November 16, 2009
by tech20
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Yep. Also, 7v reverse voltage is even worse. The amazing thing is 5 hours later, it still worked. :P

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