So I was sitting there having a bite to eat when I started to smell something funky. At first I thought it was someone burning something outside, BBQ season is in full swing after all. But then for some reason I started thinking about the threads I've read about catastrophic failure with CR123a's and started looking around at my lights. Doing this I noticed a thin line of light escaping from underneath my Mag85. The thing is.. it was standing bezel down on top of my TV. Needless to say I got to my feet real quick like and ran up to the light and picked it up.
I wish I had a pic of my face at that moment. It switched from "Aaaah something is burning" to "Hmm... now that's something you don't see everyday" to "BWAHAHAHAAHA that's hilarious!".
Apparently, something had triggered the regulation circuit (PIR1) and it had come alive all on its own. I later discovered that it was my shoddy soldering, or maybe more likely a bit of metal sticking up just a wee bit too far, that caused a short somewhere which turned it on. So it was NOT the regulator that was at fault here.
Needless to say I'm pretty darn glad I was at home when it happened...
Well atleast my TV will get rid of the heat more easily now
I wish I had a pic of my face at that moment. It switched from "Aaaah something is burning" to "Hmm... now that's something you don't see everyday" to "BWAHAHAHAAHA that's hilarious!".
Apparently, something had triggered the regulation circuit (PIR1) and it had come alive all on its own. I later discovered that it was my shoddy soldering, or maybe more likely a bit of metal sticking up just a wee bit too far, that caused a short somewhere which turned it on. So it was NOT the regulator that was at fault here.
Needless to say I'm pretty darn glad I was at home when it happened...
Well atleast my TV will get rid of the heat more easily now
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