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How to generate heat using a battery and a wire
If i connect the positive and the negative terminal of the battery with a wire, the wire will turn red and generate heat.This creates a short circuit.This can damage or explode the battery?Is there ...
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X-acto knife with soldering iron (Durable?) [closed]
I know many people who like to use an x-acto knife on their soldering iron. They use it to cut through plastic enclosures for their products. But the question is, how long will the x-acto knife last ...
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Can part of Integrated Circuit be damaged from heat gun usage?
I tried to re-use a costly Integrated circuit which includes dual port ram inside.
I removed it from unused previous board by carefully using heat gun.
The problem is that the other part of the ram ...
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Can a solid capacitor be damaged by a heat gun?
I used a heat gun to solder a 32 pin SOIC IC (DIR9001) and after I was done I saw that a cap nearby (solid cap) got EXTREMELY hot and started to discolor (yellowish hue).
Is it possible that the cap ...
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What can cause this damage to the GPU?
I bought a computer for a person in which, when delivered, the video card (Gigabyte Nvidia GTX 570) never gave output. The only way the display got basic VESA output was when I moved the card into in ...
