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What’s the most dramatic failure of a low‑quality component you’ve seen, and how did you diagnose the root cause, evaluate the impact, and prevent it from happening again? We are asking e14 in our Join, Share & Win Competition

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E14Alice 5 months ago

Hello Everyone,

I hope you are doing well!

This month’s question was inspired by one that JWx sent over, so a big thank you to JWx for the suggestion!

If anyone else has questions or ideas they’d like to see featured in AskE14, please send them my way, and I’ll line them up for the coming months.

Now to the question: 

What’s the most dramatic failure of a low‑quality component you’ve seen, and how did you diagnose the root cause, evaluate the impact, and prevent it from happening again?

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What’s the most dramatic failure of a low‑quality component you’ve seen, and how did you diagnose the root cause, evaluate the impact, and prevent it from happening again?

3. The Community team will then select the best 3 answers to win a UNO R4 Minima! 

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Closing Date: 30th April 

Winners announced: 1st May

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    robogary 5 months ago

    Snubber capacitors go off like grenades and leave a sticky mess everywhere. Realized if the snubber resistor failed, blame the cap. Change both with trusted vendor components and youre good to go. 

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    dang74 5 months ago in reply to robogary

    Thanks robogary I was thinking of using a flyback transformer to create a high voltage so when it comes to the snubber I will follow your advice regarding trusted vendor components.

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    dang74 5 months ago in reply to robogary

    Thanks robogary I was thinking of using a flyback transformer to create a high voltage so when it comes to the snubber I will follow your advice regarding trusted vendor components.

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