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Old November 25th 05, 07:51 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
Ben Jackson
 
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Default Unusual functions of cheap parts

On 2005-11-24, John Larkin wrote:
I know a guy who uses surface-mount resistors as explosive detonators.


I understand you can place a row of surface-mount capacitors along the
edge of a board so they will be scraped off by any accidental contact
with nearby sheetmetal.

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